dementia praecox
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dementia praecox
First recorded in 1895–1900; from New Latin: “precocious dementia”
Example Sentences
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Aged 57, this man was diagnosed dementia praecox, paranoid, onset “more than 10 years ago.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 27, 2015
Their collection contains brain, heart, liver and spleen tissues from about 1,400 autopsies, 95 of which are labeled "dementia praecox," an antiquated diagnosis similar to schizophrenia.
From Scientific American • Jan. 9, 2012
The clinic is prepared to treat any emotional or nervous disorder from a simple headache to dementia praecox; it farms out no psychotic cases.
From Time Magazine Archive
About 50% of the inmates of U. S. insane asylums are there on account of a deteriorated mental-emotional condition variously called dementia praecox, schizophrenia or split personality.
From Time Magazine Archive
And all gradations from pure paranoia to dementia praecox seem to have corresponding losses in the sense of reality as embodied in delusions.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
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