Senility vs Dementia - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) Senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.
(uncountable) The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.
(countable, archaic) An elderly, senile person.
(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
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As nouns the difference between senility and dementia
is that senility is senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age while dementia is a progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.senility
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- He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.
dementia
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(wikipedia dementia)Noun
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