HyperDic: schizophrenic_disorder

English > 1 sense of the expression schizophrenic disorder:
NOUNstateschizophrenic disorder, schizophrenia, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecoxany of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
English > schizophrenic disorder: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAny of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.
Synonymsschizophrenia, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox
Narroweracute schizophrenic episode, reactive schizophreniaschizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)
borderline schizophrenia, latent schizophreniaschizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia
catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia, catatoniaA form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods
hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophreniaA form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior
paranoid schizophrenia, paranoic type schizophrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia, paraphreniaA form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy)
BroaderpsychosisAny severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
Spanishesquizofrenia
Catalanesquizofrènia

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