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<li class="highlighted-authors__item"> <a href="https://brugere.lex.dk/7879" class="highlighted-authors__author-link"> <div class="highlighted-authors__image"> <figure class="profile-image"> <img src="https://media.lex.dk/users/7879/thumb_standard_compressed_Nils_Engelbrecht.jpg" alt="" class="profile-image__image"> </figure> </div> <div class="highlighted-authors__author-academic-title"> læge </div> <span class="highlighted-authors__author-name"> Nils Engelbrecht </span> </a> </li> </ul> </aside> </div> <div class="l-article__section"> <section class="l-article__body-text" id="_article-top"> <div class="article-text"> <p>Senilitet er svækkelse af de mentale evner pga. alder. I modsætning til almenhedens opfattelse er <a class="internal" href="https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/demens">demens</a> ikke karakteristisk for senilitet i lægelig forstand.</p> </div> <div class="l-article__factbox"> <section class="factbox"> <div class="factbox__main-content"> <h2 class="factbox__heading">Faktaboks</h2> <dl class="factbox__facts"> <div class="factbox__fact-item"> <dt class="factbox__fact-term"> <a href="https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/etymologi">Etymologi</a> </dt> <dd class="factbox__fact-description"> Ordet <em>senilitet</em> kommer af latin <em>senilitas,</em> af <em>senilis</em> 'alderssvækket', afledt af <em>senex</em> 'gammel'. </dd> </div> <div class="factbox__fact-item"> <dt class="factbox__fact-term"> Også kendt som </dt> <dd class="factbox__fact-description"> <p>senescens, alderdomssvækkelse</p> </dd> </div> </dl> </div> </section> </div> </section> </div> <section class="l-article__section" id="-L%C3%A6s_mere_i_Lex"> <h2 class="l-article__subheading"> Læs mere i Lex </h2> <div class="l-article__body-text"> <div class="article-text"> <ul> <li><a class="internal" href="https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/aldring">aldring</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <div class="l-article__meta"> <div class="l-article__info"> <aside class="article-info"> <dl class="article-info__items"> <dt class="article-info__item-name"> Skrevet af: </dt> <dd class="article-info__item-value"> <ul class="author-list"> <li class="author-list__author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" data-conjunction=" og "> <a href="https://brugere.lex.dk/7879"> <span itemprop="name">Nils Engelbrecht</span></a></li> </ul> </dd> <dt class="article-info__item-name"> Artiklen indeholder tekst fra: </dt> <dd class="article-info__item-value"> <ul class="author-list"> <li class="author-list__author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing" data-conjunction=" og "> <a href="https://brugere.lex.dk/12505"> <span itemprop="name"> Den Store Danske</span></a></li> </ul> </dd> <dt class="article-info__item-name"> Senest ændret: </dt> <dd class="article-info__item-value"> <time datetime="2024-10-01T20:44:42+02:00"> 1. oktober 2024</time>, <a href="https://lex.dk/.versions/list/20040">se alle ændringer</a> </dd> </dl> <strong class="article-info__license-type"> <a class="" href="/.licenses/free">fri anvendelse.</a> </strong> <img src="/packs/static/images/cc-848fbd3e8217f234625c.svg" alt="Creative Commons" width="20" height="20" class="article-info__license-image"> <button class="link-button js-citation" type="button" data-target="article-info-citation" hidden> Citere eller anvende? </button> <div id="article-info-citation"> Vil du citere denne artikel? 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