de·men·tia

de·men·tia
/dıˈmɛnʃə/ noun, pl -tias
medical : a mental illness that causes someone to be unable to think clearly or to understand what is real and what is not real
[noncount]

This patient suffers from dementia.

[count]

a new study on age-related dementias

— see also senile dementia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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