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dementia in persons not classified as elderly, usually meaning those aged 65 or younger; since most cases are due to Alzheimer disease, the term is sometimes used as a synonym of d. of the Alzheimer type, early onset, and has also been used to denote Alzheimer disease.Medical dictionary. 2011.
presenile dementia — noun dementia with onset before the age of 65 • Hypernyms: ↑dementia, ↑dementedness • Hyponyms: ↑Alzheimer s disease, ↑Alzheimer s, ↑Alzheimers, ↑Pick s disease … Useful english dictionary
Dementia — Dementia, in the sense of a temporary or permanent loss of brain function that could affect people of all ages, has always been familiar to physicians. The elderly in particular have often been implicated in global deficits in personality,… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Dementia — Significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Criteria for the diagnosis of dementia include impairment of attention, orientation, memory, judgment,… … Medical dictionary
presenile — Prior to the usual onset of senility, as in the milder, p. dementia. * * * pre·se·nile .prē sē .nīl adj 1) of, relating to, occurring in, or being the period immediately preceding the development of senility in an organism or person <the… … Medical dictionary
Alzheimer's disease — Alzheimer redirects here. For other uses, see Alzheimer (disambiguation). Alzheimer s disease Classification and external resources … Wikipedia
mental disorder — Any illness with a psychological origin, manifested either in symptoms of emotional distress or in abnormal behaviour. Most mental disorders can be broadly classified as either psychoses or neuroses (see neurosis; psychosis). Psychoses (e.g.,… … Universalium
Alzheimer, Alois — (1864–1915) Known for describing the type of presenile dementia named after him, Alzheimer was born in a small town in Lower Franconia, Germany, the son of a local bureaucrat. After completing his medical studies in 1888 at the University… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Alzheimer's disease and hallucinations — Alzheimer s disease is also known as senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT). Both eponyms refer to the German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer (1864 1915), who in 1906 was the first to present post mortem histological findings associated… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Alzheimer's disease — Alz·hei·mer s disease älts .hī mərz , ȯlts , alts , alz also Alzheimer disease mər n a degenerative brain disease of unknown cause that is the most common form of dementia, that usu. starts in late middle age or in old age as a memory loss for… … Medical dictionary
TYROBP — TYRO protein tyrosine kinase binding protein, also known as TYROBP, is a human gene. PBB Summary section title = summary text = This gene encodes a transmembrane signaling polypeptide which contains an immunoreceptor tyrosine based activation… … Wikipedia
