OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 24718

dementia

/dɪˈmɛnʃə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
demencia
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.
In recent years some clinical trials involving potential dementia drugs have had disappointing setbacks.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be…
demencia • locura
Madness or insanity.
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