English-Italian translations for dementia

• demenza
  La demenza non è una malattia che colpisce unicamente le persone anziane. Dementia is not just an old person's disease.
  La demenza è causa di grandi sofferenze per milioni di europei e per le loro famiglie. Dementia means great suffering for millions of Europeans and their families.
  In Irlanda si contano 44 000 malati di demenza. There are 44 000 people in Ireland with dementia.

Definition of dementia

• A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving
• Madness or insanity

Related words

• antidementia
• dementia praecox
• dementia with Lewy bodies
• dementia pugilistica
• semantic dementia
• premature dementia