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presenium Med.|priːˈsiːnɪəm|
[f. pre- B. 1 + L. senium feebleness of age.]
The period of life preceding old age.
1926Lancet 16 Oct. 820/2 Presenile Mental Disorders. In this article the term presenile is applied to mental disorders arising in the period of life beginning in the late 'forties and extending to the early 'sixties. This period includes the climacterium in women, and certain common mental disorders met with in both sexes during the years which precede the actual period of old age or senility. The more frequent clinical types of mental disorders that are encountered during the presenium are as follows. 1976Smythies & Corbett Psychiatry vii. 132 Dementia occurring in the presenium demands thorough and complete investigation. |