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Definition of senile dementia noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

senile dementia

noun

/ˌsiːnaɪl dɪˈmenʃə/

/ˌsiːnaɪl dɪˈmenʃə/

[uncountable] (old-fashioned)

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a term used in the past to mean Alzheimer's

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