dementia
noun[U]
medicalspecializeduk/dɪˈmen.ʃə/us/dɪˈmen.ʃə/amedicalconditionthataffectsespeciallyoldpeople,causingthememoryand othermentalabilitiestograduallybecomeworse, andleadingtoconfusedbehaviour:
(尤指老年性)痴呆The mostcommonformof dementia is Alzheimer'sdisease.最常见的痴呆病是阿尔茨海默氏症。
Mental illnesses
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- hoarder
- hoarding
- Hyde
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriasis
- hysterical
- Jekyll and Hyde
- nervous breakdown
- psychosis
- self-alienation
- senility
- somatization
- somatize
- Stockholm syndrome