senile dementia

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Definition of senile dementianext
as in dementia

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Recent Examples of senile dementia An investigation found that Batt befriended Lineman, who had senile dementia and required a live-in aide to help her with all daily activities, according to the district attorney’s office. — Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025 Patients with vascular dementia had the highest risk of contracting COVID-19 — with odds more than three times higher — followed by patients with presenile dementia, senile dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and post-traumatic dementia. — Julie Washington, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2021 Many suffered from senile dementia or other debilitating conditions, and the intent was to protect them from injury in accidental falls. — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020 In a 1907 paper, Fischer described neuritic plaques that were present in the brains of 12 senile dementia patients, compared to the single case study Alzheimer published that same year. — Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 17 Dec. 2019 While struggling to find the right English, Conte described the 54-year-old as 'demenza senile', which translates to senile dementia. — SI.com, 6 Jan. 2018
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  1. dementia
  2. schizophrenia
  3. aberration
  4. paranoia
Noun
  • Years passed before doctors solved the mystery, first attributing the behavioral changes to frontotemporal dementia (FTD), then linking that rare condition to a genetic mutation.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Eleven months later, his family had a more specific diagnosis, frontotemporal dementia.
    — Sam Kashner, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of dementia
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  • Cabello-Ynocente's sister-in-law stated that Farfan-Cabello suffers from schizophrenia and that the family was devastated to learn what happened.
    — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The Food and Drug Administration flagged a potential safety signal after four deaths were reported among patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia who received investigational evenamide in clinical trials, MedPage Today informs us.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of schizophrenia
Noun
  • Ours is basically a mandate to go back and and create an environment where that can happen as a norm rather than as as an aberration.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • McCartney said of his note to Mendes about the height imbalance, wondering how the director will rectify this annoying, historic aberration.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of aberration
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  • The team’s findings, published last week in Nature Communications, reveal that, when given such a drug, rodents suffer adverse reactions similar to the paranoia human cannabis users feel.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This causes paranoia and betrayal among his followers, where his sister Winter (Billie Lourd) meets her fate.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of paranoia

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