| dementia |
Chronic intellectual impairment (ie, loss of mental capacity) with organic origins that affects a person's ability to function in a social or occupational setting. See AIDS Dementia Complex.
Ãâó: www.thebody.com/hivatis/glossary/d.html
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| dementia |
Dementia is a generic term for the deterioration of mental abilities, including the ability to take care of oneself on a daily basis; it may also involve personality changes. Dementia has many causes, including disease, such as Alzheimer's disease.
Ãâó: www.pbs.org/secondopinion/episodes/dementia/medica...
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| dementia |
A neurological condition characterized by a progressive decline in intellectual functioning, resulting in impaired judgment, memory, and abstract thinking; disorientation; and personality disintegration. ...
Ãâó: www.dbs-stn.org/glossary1.asp
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| demyelination |
destruction or loss of the myelin (a fatty substance) sheath that surrounds and insulates the axons of nerve cells.
Ãâó: www.sfaf.org/treatment/beta/b34/b34glos.html
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| dementia |
not a disease itself, but group of symptoms that characterize diseases and conditions; it is commonly defined as a decline in intellectual functioning that is severe enough to interfere with the ability to perform routine activities.
Ãâó: ymghealthinfo.org/content.asp
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