dementedness

de·ment·ed

 (dĭ-mĕn′tĭd)

adj.

1. Suffering from dementia.

2. Informal Crazy or foolish.

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de·ment′ed·ly adv.

de·ment′ed·ness n.

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Noun

1.

dementedness - mental deterioration of organic or functional origin dementia insanity - relatively permanent disorder of the mind alcohol amnestic disorder, alcoholic dementia, Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis - dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact presenile dementia - dementia with onset before the age of 65 senile dementia, senile psychosis - dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease