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Definition of Presenile dementia
1. Noun. Dementia with onset before the age of 65.
Specialized synonyms: Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimers, Pick's Disease
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presenile Dementia
Literary usage of Presenile dementia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The two conditions of senile and presenile dementia cannot therefore be separated
scientifically. From a clinical point of view, however, ..."
2. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Homo- vanillic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in cerebro- spinal fluid of
patients with senile dementia, presenile dementia and ..."
3. Serology of Nervous and Mental Diseases by David Michael Kaplan (1914)
"ORGANIC PSYCHOSES Senile and presenile dementia.—As a terminal stage, ... This is
particularly true of cases of presenile dementia, since the studies of ..."
4. Toxicological Profile for Aluminum (Update) (2001)
"(1995) examined several risk factors, including aluminum exposure, in 109 patients
under 65 years of age with presenile dementia of the Alzheimer's type and ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The two conditions of senile and presenile dementia cannot therefore be separated
scientifically. From a clinical point of view, however, ..."
6. Criminology by Maurice Parmelee (1918)
"... when dementia precox makes its appearance, or at the time of the climacteric,
when presenile dementia appears, or during old age, in the form of senile ..."