"dementia praecox" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dementiae praecoces [plural]
Etymology: A Latin phrase coined by Arnold Pick in 1891, first used in German and later adopted into English. From the Latin dēmentia (“madness; insanity”) + praecox (“premature; untimely”, whence English precocious), together meaning “untimely madness” or “premature dementia”. Here, dēmentia carries the connotation of senile dementia. Etymology templates: {{coinage|en|Arnold Pick|in=1891|nobycat=1|nocap=1}} coined by Arnold Pick in 1891, {{bor|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{cog|en|precocious}} English precocious, {{af|la|dēmentia|praecox|nocat=1|pos2=whence English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">precocious</i>|t1=madness; insanity|t2=premature; untimely}} dēmentia (“madness; insanity”) + praecox (“premature; untimely”, whence English precocious) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|dementiae praecoces}} dementia praecox (usually uncountable, plural dementiae praecoces)
  1. (dated, psychiatry) schizophrenia Wikipedia link: dementia praecox Tags: dated, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Psychiatry Synonyms: dementia præcox [obsolete], dementia precox Translations (dated psychiatric diagnosis): деме́нция пре́кокс (deméncija prékoks) (Russian), ра́ннее слабоу́мие (ránneje slaboúmije) (Russian)

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