Senile-dementia
noun, Pathology.
1.
a syndrome of progressive, irreversible impairment of cognitive function, caused by organic factors and having its onset late in life.
senile dementia
noun
1.
dementia starting in old age with no precipitating physical cause
senile dementia n.
A progressive, abnormally accelerated deterioration of mental faculties and emotional stability in old age, occurring especially in Alzheimer’s disease.
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