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nocturnal deliria

nocturnal deliria is the plural of nocturnal delirium.

Meaning of nocturnal delirium

Noun

nocturnal delirium (plural nocturnal deliria)

  1. A state of agitation or confusion, especially in elderly patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, which begins daily at nightfall and which is alleviated by daylight.
    • Nocturnal delirium of the senile patient is primarily due to the fact that the severe retention defect, and more particularly the greatly accelerated secondary elaboration (Cameron, 1940) found in senile patients, does not permit of the preservation of the spatial image after darkness has...1941, D. Ewen Cameron MD, “Studies in senile nocturnal delirium”, in Psychiatric Quarterly, volume 15, number 1, page 51

Questions about nocturnal deliria

What is nocturnal deliria the plural of?
Nocturnal deliria is the plural of nocturnal delirium.

Words near nocturnal deliria in the dictionary

  1. nocturnal active photolocation
  2. nocturnal arc
  3. nocturnal arch
  4. nocturnal arches
  5. nocturnal arcs
  6. nocturnal deliria
  7. nocturnal delirium
  8. nocturnal emission
  9. nocturnal emissions
  10. nocturnal penile tumescence
  11. nocturnal penile tumescences

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