Amentia vs. Dementia

Amentianoun

Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped.

Amentianoun

Imbecility; total lack of understanding.

Amentianoun

extreme mental retardation

Dementianoun

(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.

Dementianoun

Madness or insanity.

Dementianoun

Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.

Dementianoun

mental deterioration of organic or functional origin

Dementia

Dementia manifests as a set of related symptoms, which usually surface when the brain is damaged by injury or disease. The symptoms involve progressive impairments to memory, thinking, and behavior, which negatively impact a person's ability to function and carry out everyday activities.