senile dementia

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noun Pathology.

a syndrome of progressive, irreversible impairment of cognitive function, caused by organic factors and having its onset late in life.

Origin of senile dementia

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby senile dementia

senhorita, senile, senile amyloidosis, senile arteriosclerosis, senile cataract, senile dementia, senile elastosis, senile hemangioma, senile keratosis, senile lentigo, senile macular degeneration

British Dictionary definitions for senile dementia

senile dementia

noun

dementia starting in old age with no precipitating physical cause

Medical definitions for senile dementia

senile dementia

n.

A progressive, abnormally accelerated deterioration of mental faculties and emotional stability in old age, occurring especially in Alzheimer's disease.