# dementia
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dementia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪˈmɛnʃə/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnʃə

### Noun

dementia (usually uncountable, plural dementias or dementiae)
* (pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
** 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
** 2018 January 18, Jürgen Götz, “Why it’s so hard to treat dementia”, in CNN‎:In recent years some clinical trials involving potential dementia drugs have had disappointing setbacks.
* Madness or insanity.

#### Derived terms

* academentia
* antidementia
* dementia café
* dementia dialytica
* dementialike
* dementia paralytica
* dementia praecox
* dementia precox
* dementia pugilistica
* familial British dementia
* infantile dementia
* nondementia
* paralytic dementia
* predementia
* pseudodementia
* pseudopseudodementia
* semidementia
* senile dementia
* steroid dementia
* vascular dementia

#### Related terms

* amentia
* demented
* demential

#### See also

* amentia
* Alzheimer's disease
* delirium

### Anagrams

* Demetian, Mendaite, Mendieta, Tiedeman, matineed

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dementia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdement(ː)iɑ/, [ˈde̞me̞n̪(t̪̚)ˌt̪iɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: de‧men‧tia

### Noun

dementia
* dementia

#### Declension

Possessive forms of dementia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dementiani
dementiani
accusative
nom.
dementiani
dementiani
gen.
dementiani
genitive
dementiani
dementioideni dementioitteni dementiaini $^{rare}$
partitive
dementiaani
dementioitani
inessive
dementiassani
dementioissani
elative
dementiastani
dementioistani
illative
dementiaani
dementioihini
adessive
dementiallani
dementioillani
ablative
dementialtani
dementioiltani
allative
dementialleni
dementioilleni
essive
dementianani
dementioinani
translative
dementiakseni
dementioikseni
abessive
dementiattani
dementioittani
instructive
comitative
—dementioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dementiasi
dementiasi
accusative
nom.
dementiasi
dementiasi
gen.
dementiasi
genitive
dementiasi
dementioidesi dementioittesi dementiaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
dementiaasi
dementioitasi
inessive
dementiassasi
dementioissasi
elative
dementiastasi
dementioistasi
illative
dementiaasi
dementioihisi
adessive
dementiallasi
dementioillasi
ablative
dementialtasi
dementioiltasi
allative
dementiallesi
dementioillesi
essive
dementianasi
dementioinasi
translative
dementiaksesi
dementioiksesi
abessive
dementiattasi
dementioittasi
instructive
comitative
—dementioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dementiamme
dementiamme
accusative
nom.
dementiamme
dementiamme
gen.
dementiamme
genitive
dementiamme
dementioidemme dementioittemme dementiaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
dementiaamme
dementioitamme
inessive
dementiassamme
dementioissamme
elative
dementiastamme
dementioistamme
illative
dementiaamme
dementioihimme
adessive
dementiallamme
dementioillamme
ablative
dementialtamme
dementioiltamme
allative
dementiallemme
dementioillemme
essive
dementianamme
dementioinamme
translative
dementiaksemme
dementioiksemme
abessive
dementiattamme
dementioittamme
instructive
comitative
—dementioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dementianne
dementianne
accusative
nom.
dementianne
dementianne
gen.
dementianne
genitive
dementianne
dementioidenne dementioittenne dementiainne $^{rare}$
partitive
dementiaanne
dementioitanne
inessive
dementiassanne
dementioissanne
elative
dementiastanne
dementioistanne
illative
dementiaanne
dementioihinne
adessive
dementiallanne
dementioillanne
ablative
dementialtanne
dementioiltanne
allative
dementiallenne
dementioillenne
essive
dementiananne
dementioinanne
translative
dementiaksenne
dementioiksenne
abessive
dementiattanne
dementioittanne
instructive
comitative
—dementioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dementiansa
dementiansa
accusative
nom.
dementiansa
dementiansa
gen.
dementiansa
genitive
dementiansa
dementioidensa dementioittensa dementiainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
dementiaansa
dementioitaan dementioitansa
inessive
dementiassaan dementiassansa
dementioissaan dementioissansa
elative
dementiastaan dementiastansa
dementioistaan dementioistansa
illative
dementiaansa
dementioihinsa
adessive
dementiallaan dementiallansa
dementioillaan dementioillansa
ablative
dementialtaan dementialtansa
dementioiltaan dementioiltansa
allative
dementialleen dementiallensa
dementioilleen dementioillensa
essive
dementianaan dementianansa
dementioinaan dementioinansa
translative
dementiakseen dementiaksensa
dementioikseen dementioiksensa
abessive
dementiattaan dementiattansa
dementioittaan dementioittansa
instructive
comitative
—dementioineen dementioinensa :

#### Derived terms

* dementikko
* dementoitua
* lewynkappaledementia

### Further reading

* “dementia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Latin
### Etymology

From dēment- +‎ -ia.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /deːˈmen.ti.a/, [d̪eːˈmɛn̪t̪iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /deˈmen.t͡si.a/, [d̪eˈmɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

### Noun

dēmentia f (genitive dēmentiae); first declension
* madness, insanity

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Bulgarian: деме́нция (deméncija)
* → Catalan: demència
* → English: dementia
* → French: démence
** → Turkish: demans
* → German: Demenz
* → Italian: demenza
* → Portuguese: demência
* → Romanian: demență
* → Russian: деме́нция (deméncija)
* → Spanish: demencia

### Adjective

dēmentia
* nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of dēmēns

### References

* “dementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “dementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* dementia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “dementia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “dementia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin