senile dementia
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senile dementia

noun

Definition of SENILE DEMENTIA

: dementia of old age especially of the degenerative type associated with Alzheimer's disease

First Known Use of SENILE DEMENTIA

circa 1851

senile dementia

noun    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of SENILE DEMENTIA

: a mental disorder of old age especially of the degenerative type associated with Alzheimer's disease—called also senile psychosis

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