schizophrenia
schi·zoph·re·nia
noun
1.
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
Origin
From German Schizophrenie (coined by Eugen Bleuler), from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, heart, diaphragm”) + English -ia. A combination of schizo- + -phrenia.
Phrases
- borderline schizophrenia
- catatonic schizophrenia
- disorganized schizophrenia
- hebephrenic schizophrenia
- latent schizophrenia
- object schizophrenia
- paranoid schizophrenia
- paraphrenic schizophrenia
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