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dementia precox

dementia precox is the alternative form of dementia praecox.

Meaning of dementia praecox

Noun

dementia praecox (usually uncountable, plural dementiae praecoces)

  1. (dated, usually) schizophrenia

Questions about dementia precox

What is dementia precox the alternative form of?
Dementia precox is the alternative form of dementia praecox.

Words near dementia precox in the dictionary

  1. dementia dialytica
  2. Dementia Don
  3. dementia infantilis
  4. dementia paralytica
  5. dementia praecox
  6. dementia precox
  7. dementia pugilistica
  8. dementiae
  9. dementiae praecoces
  10. demential
  11. dementialike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dementia precox (page history and authors); dementia praecox (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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