Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)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.

    Demenz

    деме́нцияdeméncija, слабоу́миеslaboúmije

    деме́нціяdeméncija, слабоу́мствоslaboúmstvo

  2. (uncountable, usually)Madness or insanity.

    слабоу́миеslaboúmije

More definitions
  • mental deterioration of organic or functional origin

Examples

26 sentences
  1. Tom has dementia.

    ruУ Тома деменция.

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  2. Multilingualism may prevent dementia.

    Багатомовність може запобігти деменції.

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  3. Tom is showing signs of dementia.

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  4. Donald Trump is suffering from dementia.

    Дональд Трамп страждає на деменцію.

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  5. This looks like the onset of dementia.

    ruЭто похоже на начало деменции.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
progressive decline in cognitive function:
Русский
By meaning 1
progressive decline in cognitive function:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
progressive decline in cognitive function:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin dēmentia.

Borrowed from Latin dēmentia.

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