Noun: senile dementia 'see-nI(-u)l di'men-shu
- Dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease
"The elderly patient's senile dementia caused her to forget her children's names and become disoriented in familiar places";
- senile psychosis
Type of: dementedness, dementia
Encyclopedia: Senile dementia