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Demenz

dementia

noun deh-MENTS Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Origin: from Latin 'dementia' (madness)

Usage Note

Demenz is the umbrella term for cognitive decline including Alzheimer and vascular dementia. It is used without a plural in general contexts; an Demenz erkranken means to develop dementia.

Examples

"Im Alter von siebzig Jahren wurde bei seiner Mutter Demenz diagnostiziert."

Natural Translation

At the age of seventy, his mother was diagnosed with dementia.

Literal Translation

At the age of seventy years dementia was diagnosed in his mother.

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