Senile dementia

/sˈiːnaɪl dɪmˈɛnʃə/

[noun]

Senile dementia

[NOUN]

a severe condition that mainly affects older people's minds and causes memory loss, involuntary movements, etc.

synonyms : senile psychosis

Examples

1. This is deaths from senile dementia.

2. Elevated levels of cortisol can cause memory problems or trouble trouble retrieving information and this is the same kind of decline in memory that we see with age-related changes that's that's one of the causes of age-related or senile dementia we sometimes refer to it as.