Medical or formal term for dementia in the elderly; less common in everyday conversation, where 認知症 is preferred.
瞑想中に恍惚状態に陥ることがある。
During meditation, one may enter a trance-like state.
Senile dementia in the elderly requires appropriate care.
The modern, standard medical term for dementia; 恍惚状態 is an older or more literary expression for senile dementia.
Refers to the state of ecstasy or trance itself, without the explicit 'condition' nuance of 状態.
Compound of 恍惚 (ecstasy, trance) and 状態 (state, condition). 恍惚 is a Sino-Japanese word originally meaning 'absent-minded' or 'in a trance'.