Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 9 compound words that contain dementia. The most common are listed below. Open dementia in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- dementia pugilisticaA neurodegenerative disease or dementia associated with repeated concussions, as in boxers.
- vascular dementiaDementia caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain, resulting from a cerebrovascular disease.
- Dementia DonDonald Trump, mocked for his poor speeches and forgetfulness.
- steroid dementiaSigns and symptoms of hippocampal and prefrontal cortical dysfunction, such as memory and attention deficits, induced by glucocorticoids.
- infantile dementiaSynonym of childhood disintegrative disorder: A rare condition characterized by deterioration of language, social function, and motor skills in a child after normal development for the child's first three years.
- familial British dementiaSynonym of Worster-Drought syndrome (“form of heritable dementia”).
- dementia infantilisChildhood disintegrative disorder.
- dementia paralyticaA form of encephalopathy seen in long-term dialysis patients.
- paralytic dementiaSynonym of general paresis of the insane: A neuropsychiatric disorder caused by late-stage syphilis, and characterized by fatigue, headaches, insomnia, personality changes, delusions, etc.
- dementia caféSynonym of memory café: A group for people with dementia and their carers, based around conversation and the sharing of memories.
- dementia cafésplural of dementia café: A group for people with dementia and their carers, based around conversation and the sharing of memories.
- dementia dialyticaA progressive, usually fatal condition that occurs in some hemodialysis patients
- dementia praecoxschizophrenia
- dementia precoxAlternative form of dementia praecox: schizophrenia
Compound words 9
- antidementiaPreventing or countering dementia.
- nondementiaNot dementia.
- dementialikeResembling or characteristic of dementia.
- predementiaEarly symptoms (such as memory-loss) that sometimes lead to full-blown dementia
- pseudopseudodementiaOrganic brain disease, which features dementia presenting in a manner that mimics cognitive impairment secondary to a primary psychiatric disorder.
- semidementiaPartial dementia.
- academentiaThe state of insanity or loss of touch with reality allegedly due to the academic environment.
- dementiatedAfflicted with dementia.
- pseudodementiaA mild form of dementia from which the patient (often an elderly woman) may recover.