thought disorder

noun, Psychiatry.

disorganized speech, as flight of ideas or loosening of associations, thought to reflect disorganized thinking and occurring as a symptom of some types of mental illness, as manic disorder or schizophrenia.

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thought disorder

noun

(psychiatry) a cognitive disorder in which the patient's thoughts or conversations are characterized by irrationality or sudden changes of subject

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