hyperphrenia

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English

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Etymology

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hyper- +‎ -phrenia

Noun

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hyperphrenia (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) A state of mental overactivity such as occurs in flights of ideas or in a manic episode.

References

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  • Coleman Andrew, 2003 Oxfords Dictionary of Psychology, pg. 345.
  • hyperphrenia at Medical dictionary