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catatonic schizophrenia(medicine)
simple schizophrenia(medicine)

schizophrenia (iou)



schizophrenia noun. E20.
[mod. Latin, from SCHIZO- + Greek phren mind: see -IA1.]
1. Psychiatry. A psychotic mental illness characterized by a breakdown in the relation between thoughts, feelings, and actions, usu. accompanied by withdrawal from social activity and the occurrence of delusions and hallucinations. E20.
2. transf. & fig. The maintenance of two apparently conflicting attitudes, opinions, etc. M20.
'schizophrene noun a schizophrenic, a person with a predisposition towards schizophrenia E20.
schizophreniform adjective resembling schizophrenia M20.
,schizophreno'genic adjective tending to give rise to schizophrenia M20.