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senile dementia
noun
medical : a condition that affects the mind of aging people and causes them to be confused, to forget things, etc.
Full Definition of SENILE DEMENTIA
: dementia of old age especially of the degenerative type associated with Alzheimer's disease
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First Known Use of SENILE DEMENTIA
circa 1851
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senile dementia
noun
Medical Definition of SENILE DEMENTIA
: a mental disorder of old age especially of the degenerative type associated with Alzheimer's disease—called also senile psychosis
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