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dementia praecox

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  • noun Schizophrenia. No longer in scientific use.

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  • noun dated, pathology schizophrenia

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  • noun any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin dēmentia praecox : Latin dēmentia, dementia + Latin praecox, premature.]

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