| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·men·tia |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -m n sh |
| NOUN: | 1. Deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, resulting from an organic disease or a disorder of the brain. It is sometimes accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes. 2. Madness; insanity. See synonyms at insanity. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin d mentia, madness, from dmns, dment-, senseless. See dement. | | OTHER FORMS: | de·mential —ADJECTIVE
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