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noun
Mental deterioration of organic or functional origin.
synonym: dementia.
is a specific kind of: insanity.
is a broader term that covers: alcohol amnestic disorder, alcoholic dementia, Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis | presenile dementia | senile dementia, senile psychosis.
derivation: brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged.
Dutch: zwakzinnigheid, dementiePolish: otępienie, demencja
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