Definitions for dementias

dementias de·men·tia

Spelling: [dih-men-shuh, -shee-uh]
IPA: /dɪˈmɛn ʃə, -ʃi ə/

Dementias is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 697 anagrams from letters in dementias (adeeimnst).

Definitions for dementias

noun

  1. severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.

Origin of dementias

1800-10; Latin dēmentia madness, equivalent to dēment- out of one's mind (see dement) + -ia noun suffix

Examples for dementias

We have learned that music uses a side door into a part of the mind that is relatively undamaged by dementia.

Later, cognitive and behavioral problems can occur; dementia is not uncommon.

In my opinion, it is the most inspiring film about dementia out there today.

Depending on what parts of the brain are impacted, the person can develop forms of dementia and personality changes.

dementia is the final stage in the cases that become chronic.

In prison his dementia returned and he stayed there two years.

Perhaps there is no better example of this than the way in which we treat our elders living with dementia.

Every type of madness may there be studied, from dementia and melancholia to mania.

The sufferer from dementia forgets his promises, however serious they may be.

For confirmation, see my "Psychology of dementia Prcox," p. 103.

Word Value for dementias
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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