different between dementia vs paresis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dementia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??m?n??/

Noun

dementia (usually uncountable, plural dementias)

1. (pathology) 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.
2. Madness or insanity.

Derived terms

• demented
• demential
• senile dementia

Translations

See also

• amentia
• Alzheimer's disease
• delirium

Anagrams

• Demetian, Mendaite, Mendieta, Tiedeman, matineed

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dementia.

Noun

dementia

1. dementia

Declension

Latin

Etymology

dement- +? -ia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /de??men.ti.a/, [d?e??m?n?t?iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de?men.t?si.a/, [d???m?nt??s?i?]

Noun

d?mentia f (genitive d?mentiae); first declension

1. madness, insanity

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

Adjective

d?mentia

1. nominative neuter plural of d?m?ns
2. accusative neuter plural of d?m?ns
3. vocative neuter plural of d?m?ns

References

• dementia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dementia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dementia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• dementia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dementia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

From Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek ??????? (páresis, “letting go, paralysis”), from ???????? (pariénai, “relax”), from ????- (para-) + ????? (iénai, “let go”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???i?s?s/

Noun

paresis (countable and uncountable, plural pareses)

1. A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas.
2. Inflammation of the brain as a cause of dementia or paralysis.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• paresis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• paresis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• paresis at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Arispes, Parises, Serapis, aspires, praises, spireas