dementia

dementia

英 [dɪ'menʃə]
　　美 [dɪ'mɛnʃə]

n. [內科] 癡呆

中文詞源：

dementia 癡呆

來自demented, 發狂的。

例句：

1. Within the umbrella term "dementia" there are many different kinds of disease.
“癡呆”這一統稱裡包括多種不同的疾病。

2. What exactly goes wrong with those suffering from senile dementia?
那些患老年癡呆癥的人到底出瞭什麼問題？

3. She is suffering from senile dementia.
她患有老年癡呆癥。

4. They possessed a large share of that singular cunning which characterizes this form of dementia.
他們所具有的那種異常的狡詐,也正是智力喪失癥的一種特征.

5. Senile dementia patients aren't completely out of their minds.
老年癡呆患者是不能控制自己的思想的.