Cognitive Deterioration

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
CD
Pronunciation
/ˈkɑgnɪtɪv dɪˈtɪriərˌeɪʃən/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Objective : To examine patterns of cognitive deterioration associated with normal aging and dementia.
  2. Alzheimers disease ( AD ), the most common cause of dementia, is a devastating illness characterized by progressive cognitive deterioration.
  3. Vascular dementia ( VD ) is one kind of the commonly seen dementia in the old in the china. It is a group of clinical syndrome that cause cognitive and behavior deterioration because of the vascular disease.
  4. Vascular dementia ( VD ) is a group of clinical syndrome that cause cognitive and behavior deterioration because of the vascular disease.
  5. The term postoperative cognitive dysfunction ( POCD ) describes a deterioration of cognition after surgery and anesthesia.

Other meanings of CD