dementia (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *dementia*:
NOUN	state	dementia, dementedness	mental deterioration of organic or functional origin

dementia > pronunciation
Sounds	dihmeh'nshiyah
Rhymes	Abyssinia ... zinnia: 217 rhymes with iyah...

English > *dementia*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	mental deterioration of organic or functional origin.
Synonym	dementedness
Narrower	alcoholic dementia, alcohol amnestic disorder, Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis	dementia observed during the last stages / stages of severe chronic alcoholism
	presenile dementia	dementia with onset before the age of 65
	senile dementia, senile psychosis	dementia of the aged
Broader	insanity	relatively permanent / permanent disorder of the mind
Spanish	demencia
Catalan	demència

HyperDic: dementia