DEMENTIA

dementia, dementedness

(noun) mental deterioration of organic or functional origin

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

dementia (usually uncountable, plural dementias)

(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.

Madness or insanity.

Anagrams

• Demetian, Mendaite, Mendieta, Tiedeman, matineed

Source: Wiktionary

De*men"ti*a, n. Etym: [L., fr. demens. See Dement.]

Definition: Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition