SEMANTIC DEMENTIAS
\səmˈantɪk dɪmˈɛnʃəz], \səmˈantɪk dɪmˈɛnʃəz], \s_ə_m_ˈa_n_t_ɪ_k d_ɪ_m_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_z]\
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An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].