Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
presenile dementia
pre·se·nile de·men·tia
Definitions related to presenile dementia:
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(dementia) Loss of intellectual functions such as memory, learning, reasoning, problem solving, and abstract thinking while vegetative functions remain intact.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(pre-senile dementia) The presence of dementia in an individual younger than age sixty five.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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