Meanings
nounvascular dementia (countable and uncountable, plural vascular dementias)
plural vascular dementias
- countableuncountablemedicineDementia caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain, resulting from a cerebrovascular disease.
He had been diagnosed with vascular dementia, and though the progression of the disease was relatively slow, he had developed tremors and seemed younger and younger as the months knocked on.
2022, Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Picador, page 310
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 血管性痴呆, 血管性失智症
- 血管性痴呆dementia caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain
- 血管性失智症dementia caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain
Finnish vaskulaarinen dementia, verisuoniperäinen muistisairaus
- vaskulaarinen dementiadementia caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain
- verisuoniperäinen muistisairausdementia caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain
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APA
vascular dementia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vascular%20dementia
MLA
“vascular dementia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vascular%20dementia. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vascular dementia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vascular%20dementia.
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