dementia praecox
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See also: dementia præcox
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Etymology[edit]
A Latin phrase coined by Arnold Pick in 1891, first used in German and later adopted into English. From the Latin dēmentia (“madness; insanity”) + praecox (“premature; untimely”, whence English precocious), together meaning “untimely madness” or “premature dementia”. Here, dēmentia carries the connotation of senile dementia.
Noun[edit]
dementia praecox (usually uncountable, plural dementiae praecoces)
Translations[edit]
dated psychiatric diagnosis
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