单词dementia
n.: 痴呆
网络: 失智症；痴呆症；老年痴呆症
痴呆:
a serious mental disorder caused by brain disease or injury, that affects the ability to think, remember and behave normally
【医学】痴呆
呆病
阿尔茨海默氏痴呆
麻痹性痴呆
复数：dementias
Imagine bribing an Alzheimer"s patient to keep her dementia from worsening, or threatening to impose a penalty on her if it did.
试想，你能否贿赂一个阿尔茨海默氏症患者让她减少痴呆，或者威胁她如果情况继续恶化就对她施以惩罚。
CONCLUSIONS: The relationship between serum total cholesterol (TC) and dementia seems to be bidirectional.
结论：血清总胆固醇水平与老年痴呆的关系似乎是双向影响的。
"If you are a heavy smoker and you"re lucky enough to make it to old age, you"re not in the clear. You"re still at risk for dementia. "
如果你是个大烟鬼，而又幸运地活到了晚年，这个晚年是无法安享的；你仍有可能罹患痴呆症。
After the child has been touched will be a high fever, said the daydream, after the fever becomes lunatic fool of dementia.
小孩被摸过后就会发高烧、说梦话，退烧后就会变成痴呆疯癫的傻子了。
People may be considered to have dementia if they lose abilities in two or more areas such as memory and language skills.
如果一个人失去两项或两项以上类似记忆和语言技能的能力，就会被认为患上老年痴呆症。
When she told me you were coming again this evening, I assumed her dementia was getting the best of her.
她说你今天晚上还会来探望她的时候，我觉得这可能是她的痴呆症最严重的时候。
Whether you suffer dementia or love someone who does, the condition is difficult enough to cope with without trying to face it alone.
无论患上痴呆症的是你还是你的亲人，即便不是独自面对，这种情形也够难应付的了。
Alzheimer disease is the most common cause of dementia, but it is often used as an umbrella term for several conditions causing dementia.
阿尔茨海默病属于痴呆症的最常见原因，但是该病常常用来描述痴呆症的几种病症的总称。
In the throes of dementia, her mother would pace and wander and try to leave the apartment, she recalls.
在阵痛中的老年痴呆症，她的母亲将速度和漂移，并设法离开公寓，她回忆道。
It became clear to me that some of the twins would develop dementia, and that this was a unique opportunity for a study.
它使我清楚地知道，双胞胎中的有些人会发展为痴呆，而且这是研究痴呆问题少有的机会。