dementia in Arabic
خَرَف ḵaraf
/dɪˈmɛnʃə/
dementia in Arabic: خَرَف (ḵaraf). In English, dementia means 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.
Arabic words for dementia
- progressive decline in cognitive function
- خَرَف ḵaraf
English meaning of dementia
- noun 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.
- noun Madness or insanity.
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Questions about dementia in Arabic
- What is the meaning of dementia in Arabic?
- Dementia in Arabic is خَرَف (ḵaraf).
- ما معنى كلمة dementia؟
- Dementia: خَرَف (ḵaraf).
- What does dementia mean in English?
- Dementia means 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.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dementia (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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