dementia

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n. 痴呆 [医] 痴呆

发音

UK /dɪˈmɛnʃə/

词形变化

dementiae dementias 复数 dementias dementiae 复数

别名

dimensia dimentia

教材释义与例句

名词

痴呆

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    痴呆

    失智症

    不可数 医学
  2. 2.

    Madness or insanity.

    疯病

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

dementedness

上位词 1

insanity

下位词 2

Korsakoff's psychosis Korsakoff's syndrome

相关短语

dementia praecox [医] 精神分裂症, 早发性痴呆 dementia pugilistica [医] 拳击员痴呆 dementia paralytica dementia dialytica dementia café dementia cafés dementia precox Dementia Don paralytic dementia [医] 麻痹性痴呆 infantile dementia familial British dementia vascular dementia 血管性痴呆 steroid dementia

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mēns Latin dēment- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin dēmentiabor. English dementia Borrowed from Latin dēmentia.

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