English to afrikaans meaning of

dementia

Demensie is 'n selfstandige naamwoord wat verwys na 'n afname of verlies van kognitiewe funksionering, insluitend geheue, taal, probleemoplossing en besluitnemingsvermoëns, wat ernstig genoeg is om in te meng met daaglikse aktiwiteite en sosiale verhoudings. Dit word dikwels met veroudering geassosieer en kan deur 'n verskeidenheid faktore veroorsaak word, insluitend Alzheimer se siekte, beroerte en traumatiese breinbesering.

Synonyms

  1. dementedness

Sentence Examples

  1. Then Faith started exhibiting early signs of dementia.
  2. No one had any inkling of how many times she brushed the presence and how Elora, ill in her dementia, spoke to her plainly about the creature.
  3. Mom with dementia, found by the docs in its last stages, ravaging her mind and body.
  4. Could be a streak of dementia lurking just below the surface.
  5. We see it in how people with dementia become alive again when they hear poetry or music from their childhood.
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