schizophrenia

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

First attested 1910, from germanized Greek Schizophrenie "split mind", coined by Eugen Bleuler, from schizo-, from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhizō), “‘I tear, split, cut’”) + φρήν (phrēn), “‘mind, brain, diaphragm’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• AHD: [skĭt′səfrēnēə] or [skĭt′səfrĕnēə]
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[edit] Noun

schizophrenia

1. (pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion
2. (informal) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist

[edit] Derived terms

• borderline schizophrenia
• catatonic schizophrenia (catatonia)
• disorganized schizophrenia
• hebephrenic schizophrenia (hebephrenia)
• latent schizophrenia
• paranoid schizophrenia
• paraphrenic schizophrenia
• reactive schizophrenia
• schizophrenic

[edit] Synonyms

• dementia praecox
• schizophrenic disorder
• schizophrenic psychosis

[edit] Translations