amentia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of amentia
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin, equivalent to āment- ( ament 2 ) + -ia noun suffix ( -ia )
Example Sentences
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The former are labouring under dementia, not amentia.
From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack
Acute miliary tuberculosis may produce the impression of a general paresis or of an amentia in Meynert's sense.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
Nympholeptos et lymphaticos et hydrophobos vocant quos aqu� necaverunt aut amentia vel formidine exercuerunt.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)
Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
In conclusion, he condemned them all for madmen, fools, idiots, asses, O stulti, quaenam haec est amentia?
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert
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