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vascular dementia

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Dementia caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain, resulting from a cerebrovascular disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 血管性痴呆 — dementia caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血管性失智症 — dementia caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain
  • Finnish: vaskulaarinen dementia — dementia caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain
  • Finnish: verisuoniperäinen muistisairaus — dementia caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain