mild cognitive impairmentnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌmaɪld ˌkɒɡ.nɪ.tɪv ɪmˈpeə.mənt/us/ˌmaɪld ˌkɑːɡ.nɪ.t̬ɪv ɪmˈper.mənt/specializeda problem with some mental abilities, such as remembering, but nothing bad enough to affect someone's daily life:
People with mild cognitive impairment have an increased risk of developing dementia.
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Mental & psychiatric disorders
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- dementia
- eating disorder
- learning difficulties
- male menopause
- melancholia
- neurotic
- non compos mentis
- paranoia
- sad
- schizophrenia
- schizophrenic
- seasonal affective disorder
- Sen
- Stockholm syndrome
- visual variant of Alzheimer's disease
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