单词 | pseudodementia |
释义 | > as lemmaspseudodementia pseudodementia n. Brit. /ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)dᵻˈmɛnʃə/ , U.S. /ˌsudoʊdəˈmɛn(t)ʃ(i)ə/ Medicine a condition resembling dementia but from which the patient recovers (or may recover); (in later use) spec. that seen in depressed elderly patients.ΚΠ 1887 Lancet 12 Nov. 961/1 Mr. Mickle states..that in the five cases which set in with symptoms of pseudo-dementia, ‘the ordinary motor and sensory signs of general paralysis are either absent at first or are masked’. 1959 Acta Psychiatrica et Neurologica Scandinavica 34 Suppl. No. 132. 16 Each episode was accompanied by pseudo-dementia of which the hysterical colouring was patently obvious. 1979 A. Lazare Outpatient Psychiatry (1989) 286 The concept of depressive pseudodementia has been used effectively to draw attention to the fact that some patients who appear to be demented may have a diagnosable depressive illness. 1997 D. S. Khalsa & C. Stauth Brain Longevity x. 183 Women are particularly prone to memory loss from the pseudodementia of depression. < as lemmas |
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