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• senile dementia — n a mental disorder of old age esp. of the degenerative type associated with Alzheimer s disease called also senile psychosis * * * loss of the intellectual faculties often associated with behavioural deterioration, beginning for the first time… …   Medical dictionary

• senile dementia — noun Date: circa 1851 dementia of old age especially of the degenerative type associated with Alzheimer s disease …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Alzheimer's disease — Alzheimer redirects here. For other uses, see Alzheimer (disambiguation). Alzheimer s disease Classification and external resources …   Wikipedia

• Dementia —    Dementia, in the sense of a temporary or permanent loss of brain function that could affect people of all ages, has always been familiar to physicians. The elderly in particular have often been implicated in global deficits in personality,… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• Dementia with Lewy bodies — Classification and external resources Lewy bodies are the pathophysiological characteristic of the disease ICD 10 G …   Wikipedia

• Alzheimer's disease and hallucinations —    Alzheimer s disease is also known as senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT). Both eponyms refer to the German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer (1864 1915), who in 1906 was the first to present post mortem histological findings associated… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Dementia — For other uses, see Dementia (disambiguation). Dementia Classification and external resources ICD 10 F00 F07 ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

• Alzheimer, Alois —    (1864–1915)    Known for describing the type of presenile dementia named after him, Alzheimer was born in a small town in Lower Franconia, Germany, the son of a local bureaucrat. After completing his medical studies in 1888 at the University… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• dementia — demential, adj. /di men sheuh, shee euh/, n. Psychiatry. severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain. [1800 10; < L dementia madness, equiv. to dement out of …   Universalium

• Alzheimer's disease — noun /ˈɑːltshaɪmə(r)z,ˈæltshaɪmə(r)z,ˈɔːltshaɪmə(r)z,ˈɔːlzhaɪmə(r)z/ A disorder involving loss of mental functions resulting from brain tissue changes; senile dementia of Alzheimers type. Syn: Alzheimers, senile dementia, old timers disease …   Wiktionary

• Dementia pugilistica — Classification and external resources Boxers receive many blows involving rotational force, which is implicated in concussion. Repeat concussions can lead to dementia pugilistica. DiseasesDB …   Wikipedia