dementia praecox

[ dih-men-shuh pree-koks ]

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noun

, Psychiatry.

dementia praecox

/ ˈpriːkɒks /

First recorded in 1895–1900; from New Latin: “precocious dementia”

C19: New Latin, literally: premature dementia

There are cases of dementia praecox that only time can differentiate.

A case of Dementia Praecox, violent in character, was brought to me as a result of the cure in the above case.

A physician was called, another, and another, and his case was diagnosed as Dementia Praecox.

We have tried to think Alma is shielding somebody, somebody maybe that is a victim of dementia praecox.

When my sister and I had scarlet fever, she did not die, but she at that time began to show symptoms of dementia praecox.

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