dementia
mental deterioration of organic or functional origin • Syn: dementedness • Derivationally related forms: demented (for: dementedness) • Hypernyms: insanity • Hyponyms: alcoholic dementia, alcohol amnestic disorder, Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis, presenile dementia, senile dementia, senile psychosis
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