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1895–1900; < Neo-Latin: precocious dementia
1895–1900; < Neo-Latin: precocious dementia
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Dementia praecox
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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World English Dictionary
| dementia praecox (ˈpriːkɒks) | |
| —n | |
| a former name for schizophrenia | |
| [C19: New Latin, literally: premature dementia] | |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
dementia praecox dementia prae·cox (prē'kŏks')
n.
Schizophrenia. No longer in technical use.
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