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paraphrenia

paraphrenia noun: any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.

Noun

paraphrenia (countable and uncountable, plural paraphrenias)

  1. Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.
  2. The state of being paraphrenic, the most severe form of the mistrustful-paranoid-paraphrenic personality spectrum, related to paranoid personality disorder.

paraphrenia meaning in Tamil

paraphrenia in Tamil

வற்றுளம்

Forms of paraphrenia

pluralparaphrenias

Origin of paraphrenia

From para- + -phrenia.

Words formed from paraphrenia

Questions about paraphrenia

What does paraphrenia mean?
Paraphrenia means any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.
What is paraphrenia in Tamil?
Paraphrenia in Tamil is வற்றுளம். See Paraphrenia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is paraphrenia?
Paraphrenia is a noun.
What is the plural of paraphrenia?
The plural of paraphrenia is paraphrenias.

Words near paraphrenia in the dictionary

  1. paraphrast
  2. paraphrastic
  3. paraphrastical
  4. paraphrastically
  5. paraphrasts
  6. paraphrenia
  7. paraphrenias
  8. paraphrenic
  9. paraphrenics
  10. paraphrenitis
  11. paraphs

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