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senile dementia
noun as in progressive cognitive decline in old age
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We will say that this case begins with simple senile dementia—physical brain degeneration, a result of advanced age.
Added to senile dementia there is often found a condition of mania or melancholia or even of systematized delusional insanity.
Age softens some hard characters, but in John Wynne the early development of senile dementia deprived him of this chance.
Sexual anæsthesia or hypoæsthesia or even impotence may occur in the later stages of general paralysis and senile dementia.
We have seen that senile paradoxy often shows itself, as a symptom of senile dementia, by a sexual appetite for children.
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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to senile dementia, such as: dementia, presenile dementia, and senile psychosis.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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