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Dotard

One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.

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Oldster 76% connected

An old person.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dote 74% connected

A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dote 74% connected

A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.

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-hood unknown · 78% connection

A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it…

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Adams-Stokes syndrome noun · 78% connection

recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat

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Adolescence noun · 78% connection

The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally c…

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Adolescent adjective · 78% connection

Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.

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Anal personality noun · 78% connection

(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by…

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Anal retentive personality noun · 78% connection

(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by…

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Ankylosing spondylitis noun · 78% connection

a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis

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Ataxic aphasia noun · 78% connection

aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired

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Atrioventricular block noun · 78% connection

recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat

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Branched chain ketoaciduria noun · 78% connection

an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental re…

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Broca's aphasia noun · 78% connection

aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease noun · 78% connection

a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the…

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Dyne noun · 78% connection

The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a…

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Dysarthria noun · 78% connection

impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature

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Epilepsia minor noun · 78% connection

epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities); "she has been suff…

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Expressive aphasia noun · 78% connection

aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired

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Heart block noun · 78% connection

recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat

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Hereditary cerebellar ataxia noun · 78% connection

nervous disorder of late childhood and early adulthood; characterized by ataxic gait and hesitating or explosive speech and nystagmus

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