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Dementia

NeurologyPsychiatryEssential

Progressive decline in memory, language, and reasoning severe enough to impair daily life, most commonly caused by Alzheimer's disease.

Korean

치매

일상생활을 방해할 만큼 심각한 인지 기능의 점진적 저하; 알츠하이머병이 가장 흔한 원인.

French

Démence

Déclin progressif de la mémoire, du langage et du raisonnement, suffisamment sévère pour altérer les activités quotidiennes ; la maladie d'Alzheimer en est la cause la plus fréquente.

Word parts

  • de-Prefix(Latin) Down, away from, removal
  • ment/oRoot(Latin) Mind
  • -iaSuffix(Latin) Condition, state

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