Dementia
English Meaning
Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.
- Deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, resulting from an organic disease or a disorder of the brain. It is sometimes accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes.
- Madness; insanity. See Synonyms at insanity.