"dementedness" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: insanity - relatively permanent disorder of the mind
subtypes:
- alcohol amnestic disorder, alcoholic dementia, korsakoff's psychosis, korsakoff's syndrome, korsakov's psychosis, korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis - dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
- presenile dementia - dementia with onset before the age of 65
- senile dementia, senile psychosis - dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease
same as: dementia