All 10 Uses

dementia
in
The Bonesetter's Daughter
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They could, as could Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.†
Chpt 1.3 *

dementia = deterioration of mental abilities
Dementia.†
Chpt 1.5
It was a name befitting a goddess: Dementia, who caused her sister Demeter to forget to turn winter into spring.†
Chpt 1.5
Dementia was her mother's redemption, and God would forgive them both for having hurt each other all these years.†
Chpt 1.5
Now that Ruth could no longer blame her mother's problems on the eccentricities of her personality, she saw the signs of dementia everywhere.†
Chpt 1.5
Her mother had never expressed vanity about her looks, but with the dementia, the modesty censors must not have been working.†
Chpt 3.1
Dementia was like a truth serum.†
Chpt 3.1
Dementia?†
Chpt 3.1
Some are sharper than you or I, others are easily confused and have signs of dementia due to Alzheimer's or what have you.†
Chpt 3.1
Was her aunt also showing signs of dementia?†
Chpt 3.2

Definitions:

(1) (dementia)
the deterioration of mental abilities

Dementia is not a disease itself, but rather a group of symptoms that are caused by various diseases or conditions.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)