dementia praecox
SchizophreniaSchizophrenia
» "Dementia praecox" was the original name of what is today called schizophrenia.
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1 senses(dated, uncountable, usually)Schizophrenia
деме́нция пре́коксdeméncija prékoks, ра́ннее слабоу́миеránneje slaboúmije
- any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
Examples
1 sentences"Dementia praecox" was the original name of what is today called schizophrenia.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
A Latin term coined by Arnold Pick in 1891, first used in German and later adopted into EnA Latin term coined by Arnold Pick in 1891, first used in German and later adopted into English. From the Latin dēmentia (“madness; insanity”) + praecox (“premature; untimely”, whence English precocious), together meaning “untimely madness” or “premature dementia”. Here, dēmentia carries the connotation of senile dementia.
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Forms
plural: dementiae praecocesSynonyms
3 synonyms- any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact:schizophreniaschizophrenic disorderschizophrenic psychosis
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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