senile dementia

Definitions of senile dementia
  1. noun
    dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease
    synonyms: senile psychosis
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    type of:
    dementedness, dementia
    mental deterioration of organic or functional origin
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