dementia praecox

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dementia praecox - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dementia praecox
      n 1: any of several psychotic disorders characterized by
           distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and
           language and withdrawal from social contact [syn:
           schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis
           , dementia praecox]