Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dementia

/dɪˈmɛnʃə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: de-men-tia
IPA: /dɪˈmɛnʃə/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

noun

Madness or insanity.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies."
"In recent years some clinical trials involving potential dementia drugs have had disappointing setbacks."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ 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 *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin dēmentiabor. English dementia Borrowed from Latin dēmentia.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

dementias (plural) dementiae (plural)

Derived Forms

academentia antidementia dementialike nondementia predementia pseudodementia pseudopseudodementia semidementia

Phrases

dementia café dementia dialytica dementia infantilis dementia paralytica dementia praecox dementia precox dementia pugilistica familial British dementia

Frequently Paired Words

amentia demented demential Alzheimer's disease delirium

Synonyms

dementedness

Rhymes With

placentia academentia

Questions

How do you pronounce dementia?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈmɛnʃə/.
What does dementia mean?: 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.
Where does dementia come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ 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 *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin dēmentiabor. English dementia Borrowed from Latin dēmentia.

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