Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Schizophrenic - 5 dictionary results

schiz⋅o⋅phre⋅ni⋅a

[skit-suh-free-nee-uh, -freen-yuh]
–noun
1. Psychiatry. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
2. a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements.

Origin:
1910–15; schizo- + -phrenia


schiz⋅o⋅phren⋅ic [skit-suh-fren-ik] , adjective, noun
schiz·o·phren·ic   (skĭt'sə-frěn'ĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or affected with schizophrenia.
  2. Of, relating to, or characterized by the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic elements.
n.  One who is affected with schizophrenia.
schiz'o·phren'i·cal·ly adv.

Main Entry: 1schizo·phren·ic
Pronunciation: -'fren-ik
Function: adjective
: relating to, characteristic of, or affected withschizophrenia <schizophrenic behavior> <schizophrenic patients>

Main Entry: 2schizophrenic
Function: noun
: an individual affected with schizophrenia called also schizo, schizophrene

schizophrenic schiz·o·phren·ic (skĭt'sə-frěn'ĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or affected by schizophrenia. n.
One who is affected with schizophrenia.

Search another word or see Schizophrenic on Thesaurus | Reference