dementia
dementia 英 [dɪˈmenʃə] 美 [dɪˈmɛnʃə]
n. [内科] 痴呆
名词复数:dementias
- If your grandfather suffers from dementia, he has a brain disorder that's causing him to gradually lose his memory and become disoriented and confused.
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- n. [内科] 痴呆
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1. More than half the inmates have some form of dementia.
（这里）超过一半的犯人都患有某种痴呆症。
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2. Another study also examined the link between diet and dementia.
另一个研究也发现了饮食和痴呆的关系。
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3. ‘If we could use facial expressions to detect dementia that would be something great,’ he added.
‘如果我们能够利用面部表情监测到痴呆，那将比较有意义，’他补充道。
- dementia (n.) 1806, from Latin dementia "madness, insanity," literally "a being out of one's mind," from dement-, stem of demens "mad, raving" (see dement) + abstract noun suffix -ia. It existed earlier in an Englished form, demency (1520s), from French démence. Dementia praecox is a Modern Latin form recorded from 1899 in English, 1891 in German, from French démence précoce (1857). See precocious.
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