Called also acute confusional state and acute brain syndrome. Dementia may be caused by a large number of conditions, some reversible and some progressive, that cause widespread cerebral and damage or dysfunction. 2. pertaining to or possessing dendrites. Some do not draw a distinction between depersonalization and derealization, using depersonalization to include both. In neurophysiology, the reversal of the resting potential in excitable cell membranes when stimulated, i.e., the tendency of the cell membrane potential to become positive with respect to the potential outside the cell.
Depression ranges from normal feelings of 'the blues' through dysthymia to major depression.
The term includes dermatophytosis and the various clinical forms of tinea, as well as deep fungous infections. Called also epidermomycosis. Called also epidermomycosis. When used alone, the term refers to diabetes mellitus. See also haemodialysis.