Usually means: Late-stage syphilitic neurological infection.
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  1. dementia paralytica: Collins English Dictionary
  2. dementia paralytica: Wiktionary
  3. dementia paralytica: Dictionary.com
  4. Dementia paralytica: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. dementia paralytica: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. dementia paralytica: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (medicine) A form of encephalopathy seen in long-term dialysis patients.

Similar:
dementia dialytica, paralytic dementia, taboparalysis, taboparesis, paresis, pseudodementia, pseudopseudodementia, nephroplegia, plegia, postencephalitis, more...

Opposite:
syphilis, general paresis

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Similar:
dementia dialytica, paralytic dementia, taboparalysis, taboparesis, paresis, pseudodementia, pseudopseudodementia, nephroplegia, plegia, postencephalitis, more...

Opposite:
syphilis, general paresis



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