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Dementia

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loss of intellectual functions such as memory, learning, reasoning, problem solving, and abstract thinking while vegetative functions remain intact.: Definition from: Unified Medical Language System (CRISP Thesaurus) at the National Library of Medicine
An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.: Definition from: Unified Medical Language System (MeSH) at the National Library of Medicine


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