dementia

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. uncountable,usually
    — Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
  2. Madness or insanity. uncountable,usually

词形变化

dementias plural dementiae plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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
相关词
amentia demented demential Alzheimer's disease delirium

词源

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.
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