English Explanatory Dictionary

dementia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
  2. Madness or insanity.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈmɛnʃə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-dementia.wav

Word forms

dementia dementias dementiae

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mēns Latin dēment- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin dēmentiabor. English dementia Borrowed from Latin dēmentia.

Related words

amentia demented demential Alzheimer's disease delirium

Derived words

academentia antidementia dementia café dementia dialytica dementialike dementia paralytica dementia praecox dementia precox dementia pugilistica familial British dementia infantile dementia nondementia paralytic dementia predementia pseudodementia pseudopseudodementia semidementia senile dementia steroid dementia vascular dementia
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