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21senile — [[t]si͟ːnaɪl[/t]] ADJ GRADED If old people become senile, they become confused, can no longer remember things, and are unable to look after themselves. Derived words: senility [[t]sɪnɪ̱lɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT The old man was forced to resign after… …
22senile — adjective not technical mentally confused or behaving strangely, because of old age: The poor old lady s getting senile: she hardly recognizes me now. senility /sI nIliti/ noun (U) …
23senile — UK [ˈsiːnaɪl] / US [ˈsɪˌnaɪl] adjective someone who is senile is confused, forgets things, or behaves in a strange way, because they are old Derived word: senility UK [səˈnɪlətɪ] / US noun uncountable …
24senile — [ˈsiːnaɪl] adj someone who is senile is confused, forgets things, or behaves in a strange way, because they are old senility [səˈnɪləti] noun [U] …
25Senile Plaques — (Silberimprägnation) Senile Plaques (syn. neuritische Plaques, senile Drusen, Hirndrusen) sind extrazelluläre Ablagerungen von Beta Amyloid in der grauen Hirnsubstanz. Die Ablagerungen sind vergesellschaftet mit degenerativen nervalen Strukturen… …
26Senile gangrene — Senile Se nile, a. [L. senilis, from senex, gen. senis, old, an old man: cf. F. s[ e]nile. See {Senior}.] Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness.… …
27Senile osteoporosis — Senile Osteoporosis, formerly known as osteoporosis type II, senile osteoporosis has been recently recognized as a geriatric syndrome with a particular pathohysiology. A clinician scientist at the University of Sydney, Dr. *… …
28senile psychosis — n SENILE DEMENTIA * * * depressive or paranoid delusions or hallucinations or other mental disorders due primarily to degeneration of the brain in old age, as in senile dementia …
29Senile Bettflucht — „Senile Bettflucht“ ist eine Scherzbezeichnung für ein vermindertes Schlafbedürfnis im Alter, das durch ein frühes Erwachen gekennzeichnet ist. Eine Verschiebung des Schlaf Wach Rhythmus im Senium wird karikierend als „senile (= greisenhafte)… …
30senile cataract — n a cataract of a type that occurs in the aged and is characterized by an initial opacity in the lens, subsequent swelling of the lens, and final shrinkage with complete loss of transparency * * * the most common kind of cataract, painless and of …
