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dementia praecox

[ dih-men-shuh pree-koks ]

noun

, Psychiatry.
  1. (no longer in technical use) schizophrenia.


dementia praecox

/ ˈpriːkɒks /

noun

  1. a former name for schizophrenia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dementia praecox1

First recorded in 1895–1900; from New Latin: “precocious dementia”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dementia praecox1

C19: New Latin, literally: premature dementia
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Example Sentences

The cause of her death, not revealed in the note or in her obituary in the Daily Press, was entered on her death certificate as “dementia praecox.”

Aged 57, this man was diagnosed dementia praecox, paranoid, onset “more than 10 years ago.”

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.

There is no doubt of its close relationship to dementia praecox.

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

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