1806, from Latin dementia "madness, insanity," literally "a being out of one's mind," from dement-, stem of demens "mad, raving" (see dement) + abstract noun suffix -ia. It existed earlier in an anglicized form, demency (1520s), from French démence. Dementia praecox is a Modern Latin form recorded from 1899 in English, 1891 in German, from French démence précoce (1857). See precocious.
雙語例句
1. Within the umbrella term "dementia" there are many different kinds of disease.
“癡呆”這一統(tǒng)稱里包括多種不同的疾病。
來自柯林斯例句
2. What exactly goes wrong with those suffering from senile dementia?
那些患老年癡呆癥的人到底出了什么問題？
來自柯林斯例句
3. She is suffering from senile dementia.
她患有老年癡呆癥。
來自柯林斯例句
4. They possessed a large share of that singular cunning which characterizes this form of dementia.
他們所具有的那種異常的狡詐,也正是智力喪失癥的一種特征.
來自辭典例句
5. Senile dementia patients aren't completely out of their minds.