dementia praecox

See also: dementia præcox

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Etymology

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

dementia praecox (usually uncountable, plural dementiae praecoces)

  1. (dated, psychiatry) schizophrenia

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