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praecox

praecox noun: dementia praecox.

Noun

praecox (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Dementia praecox.
    • Psychiatrists did not know the etiology of dementia praecox, but their working assumption was that the brains of praecox patients exhibited "demonstrable microscopic cortex changes" as well as "gross anatomical anomalies" […]1995, Elizabeth Lunbeck, The Psychiatric Persuasion
  2. Someone suffering from dementia praecox.
    • Occasionally I would run across mild praecoxes who were through their acute episode and became amenable to treatment […].1946, A. A. Brill, Lectures on Psychoanalytic Psychiatry, Alfred Knopf, page 7

Forms of praecox

alternative formprecox

Phrases with praecox

Questions about praecox

What does praecox mean?
Praecox means dementia praecox.
What part of speech is praecox?
Praecox is a noun.

Words near praecox in the dictionary

  1. praecordia
  2. praecordial
  3. praecordium
  4. praecornu
  5. praecornua
  6. praecox
  7. praecoxa
  8. praecoxae
  9. praecoxal
  10. praecuneus
  11. Praed

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