dementia praecox

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpriːkɒks/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(prēkoks)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
dementia praecox  (prēkoks),USA pronunciation [Psychiatry.]
  1. Psychiatryschizophrenia.
  • Neo-Latin: precocious dementia
  • 1895–1900

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dementia praecox / ˈpriːkɒks/
  1. a former name for schizophrenia
Etymology: 19th Century: New Latin, literally: premature dementia
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