Definition of Dementias

1. Noun. (plural of dementia) ¹

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Definition of Dementias

1. dementia [n] - See also: dementia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dementias

dementate
dementation
demented
dementedly
dementedness
dementednesses
dementi
dementia
dementia-nuchal dystonia
dementia paralytica
dementia paranoides
dementia praecox
dementia pugilistica
demential
dementialike
dementias
dementing
dementis
dementor
dementors
dements
demephitize
demephitized
demephitizes
demephitizing
demerara
demerara rum
demerara sugar
demeraran
demeraras

Literary usage of Dementias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cicero; select letters by Marcus Tullius Cicero, Albert Watson (1891)
"Sed eius dementias cave contemnas : valde est 1. ... Sed eius dementias, foil., ' but do not disregard his foolish extravagance,' 'do not take his so-called ..."

2. The Lancet-clinic by Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Ohio Valley Medical Association (1905)
"Deny considers that the ancient grouping of the secondary dementias should be ... From this old grouping the dementias described as terminal stages of mania ..."

3. A Treatise on Mental Diseases by Henry Johns Berkley (1900)
"dementia and syphilitic insanity, but is occasionally noticed in senile dementias. Partial defect in the proper innervation of the muscles, particularly in ..."

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