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dementia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dementia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??m?n??/
Noun
dementia (usually uncountable, plural dementias)
- (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.
- 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
- 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
- madness, insanity
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Adjective
d?mentia
- nominative neuter plural of d?m?ns
- accusative neuter plural of d?m?ns
- 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
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rivastigmine
English
Etymology
From riva- (of known origin) +? -stigmine (“acetylcholinesterase inhibitor”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???v.??st???min/
Noun
rivastigmine (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) A drug C14H22N2O2 that increases acetylcholine levels by inhibiting the action of cholinesterase and is used to treat dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
References
- “rivastigmine”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
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