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dementia praecox

[ pree-koks ]
/ ˈpri kɒks /
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noun Psychiatry.

schizophrenia.

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Nearby words

demeanour, demeclocycline, dement, demented, dementia, dementia praecox, dementia pugilistica, demento, demerara, demerge, demerger

Origin of dementia praecox

1895–1900; < New Latin: precocious dementia
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British Dictionary definitions for dementia praecox

dementia praecox

/ (ˈpriːkɒks) /

noun

a former name for schizophrenia

Word Origin for dementia praecox

C19: New Latin, literally: premature dementia
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

Medicine definitions for dementia praecox

dementia praecox

[ prē′kŏks′ ]

n.

Schizophrenia. No longer in technical use.
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