"delirium" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈlɪ.ɹi.əm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈlɪɹ.i.əm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-delirium.wav [Southern-England] Forms: deliriums [plural], deliria [plural]
enPR: dĭlĭʹrēəm [General-American] Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēlīrium (“derangement, madness”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|dēlīrium||derangement, madness}} Latin dēlīrium (“derangement, madness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|deliria}} delirium (countable and uncountable, plural deliriums or deliria)
  1. (medicine) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medical signs and symptoms Translations (mental state of confusion): jerm [masculine] (Albanian), هَذَيَان (haḏayān) [masculine] (Arabic), զառանցանք (zaṙancʻankʻ) (Armenian), ցնորք (cʻnorkʻ) (Armenian), deliriu (Asturian), sayıqlama (Azerbaijani), deliriya (Azerbaijani), eldarnio (Basque), zoraldi (Basque), zorabio (Basque), брэд (bred) [masculine] (Belarusian), бълну́ване (bǎlnúvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), дели́риум (delírium) [masculine] (Bulgarian), deliri [masculine] (Catalan), 譫妄 (Chinese Mandarin), 谵妄 (zhānwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 神志昏迷 (shénzhì hūnmí) (Chinese Mandarin), delirium [neuter] (Czech), delirium [neuter] (Danish), delier [neuter] (Dutch), delirium [neuter] (Dutch), houretila (Finnish), sekavuus (Finnish), delirium (Finnish), délire [masculine] (French), delirio [masculine] (Galician), Delirium [neuter] (German), Fieberphantasie [neuter] (German), Taumel [masculine] (German), παραλήρημα (paralírima) [neuter] (Greek), ντελίριο (ntelírio) [neuter] (Greek), ચિત્તભ્રમણા (cittabhramṇā) (Gujarati), דֶלִירְיוּם (deliryum) [masculine] (Hebrew), delírium (Hungarian), delirium (Indonesian), rámhaille [feminine] (Irish), delirio [masculine] (Italian), せん妄 (senmō) (alt: せんもう) (Japanese), 譫妄 (senmō) (alt: せんもう) (Japanese), сандырақ (sandyraq) (Kazakh), 섬망 (seommang) (alt: 譫妄) (Korean), dēlīrium [neuter] (Latin), delīrijs [masculine] (Latvian), делириум (delirium) [masculine] (Macedonian), kutukutuahi (Maori), ngutungutuahi (Maori), kuawa (Maori), mate kuawa (Maori), delirium [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), دلیریوم (deliryum) (Persian), Feebadroom [masculine] (Plautdietsch), majaczenie [neuter] (Polish), delirium [neuter] (Polish), delirka [colloquial, feminine] (Polish), delírio [masculine] (Portuguese), delir [neuter] (Romanian), бред (bred) [masculine] (Russian), дели́рий (delírij) [masculine] (Russian), горя́чка (gorjáčka) [feminine] (Russian), breisleach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), boile [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), mearan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), bruaillean [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), делиријум [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), delirijum [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), delírium [neuter] (Slovak), delirij [masculine] (Slovene), delirio [masculine] (Spanish), delirium [neuter] (Swedish), deliryo (Tagalog), sayıklama (Turkish), deliriyum (Turkish), бред (bred) [masculine] (Ukrainian), делі́рій (delírij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), mê sảng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-delirium-en-noun-HIeaqQgw Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'mental state of confusion': 100 0
  2. Wild, frenzied excitement or ecstasy. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-delirium-en-noun-UEVZV4K5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58
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    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mearan"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bruaillean"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "делиријум"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delirijum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "delírium"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delirij"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delirio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "delirium"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "word": "deliryo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "word": "sayıklama"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "word": "deliriyum"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bred",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бред"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "delírij",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "делі́рій"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mental state of confusion",
      "word": "mê sảng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "delirium"
}

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