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dementing

dementing adjective: causing dementia.

Adjective

dementing (not comparable)

  1. Causing dementia.
    • He began to deteriorate rapidly from an ill-defined dementing illness, and his confusion and intermittent agitation did not respond to the standard treatments that were tried.2008 February 5, Jane E. Brody, “A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit”, in New York Times
  2. Undergoing dementia.
    • If one is caring for a dementing spouse then the first relationship to be affected is that with the spouse.1987, Jim Orford, Coping with disorder in the family, page 146

Questions about dementing

What does dementing mean?
Dementing means causing dementia.
What part of speech is dementing?
Dementing is an adjective.

Words near dementing in the dictionary

  1. dementiae praecoces
  2. demential
  3. dementialike
  4. dementias
  5. dementiated
  6. dementing
  7. dementive
  8. dementor
  9. dementors
  10. dements
  11. demephitize

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