schizophrenia

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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).

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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

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