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SENILE PSYCHOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does senile psychosis mean?
• SENILE PSYCHOSIS (noun)
The noun SENILE PSYCHOSIS has 1 sense:
1. dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease
Familiarity information: SENILE PSYCHOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
senile dementia; senile psychosis
Hypernyms ("senile psychosis" is a kind of...):
dementedness; dementia (mental deterioration of organic or functional origin)
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