How much of the colon can be removed? I see that some people have as little as 2 inches removed while other people can have up to 24 or 30 inches removed. What is the usual amount of colon removed, if there is a usual or normal amount. My doctor said he thinks he will be removing about 12 inches. What are the implications for length removed?
Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Pseudodementia. Pseudodementia is a phenotype approximated by a wide variety of underlying disorders. Data indicate that some of the disorders that can convert to a pseudodementia-like presentation include depression, schizophrenia, mania, dissociative disorders, Ganser syndrome, conversion reaction, and psychoactive drugs.
While it means fake or false, it is usually used to mean It would appear to be like. So fake especially implies deception. A psuedopregnancy is a deliberate deception but it is where a woman has a response that appears to be pregnancy, but it is not. The prefix pseudo comes from Greek, pseudes, meaning false, fake, lying, and is used to mark something that appears to be one thing, but actually is another.