presenilityn.
/ˌpriːsᵻˈnɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌprisəˈnɪlᵻdi/, /ˌprisɛˈnɪlᵻdi/ Medicine.
Premature senility, spec. presenile dementia. Also (rare); the presenile period of life.
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anility1623
senile dementia1851
presenility1900
1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 535/1 Presenility, premature old age.
1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Aug. 472/1 Another symptom of presenility is an early impairment of memory.
1933 Arch. Dermatol. & Syphilol. 28 553 Jones, Alden and Bishop entertained the belief that since the disease is allied to the changes found in elastosis senilis, it is an evidence of presenility.
1972 Times 22 June 15/1 (advt.) Early brain deterioration, where symptoms of pre-senility, such as loss of memory, are detected in people as young as 40.
2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 25 Feb. 37 Acts who write their own material and who aim for a postpuberty, pre-senility audience.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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