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Definition of: dementia
(di·men′shə, -shē·ə) noun Psychiatry
Unsoundness of mind resulting from organic or functional disorders, and leading to total loss or serious impairment of the faculty of coherent thought. See synonyms under INSANITY. [<L, madness]
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