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- Dictionaryde·men·tia prae·cox/dəˌmen(t)SHə ˈprēˌkäks/
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- 1. dated term for schizophrenia
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Dementia praecox (meaning a "premature dementia" or "precocious madness") is a disused psychiatric diagnosis that originally designated a chronic, deteriorating psychotic disorder characterized by rapid cognitive disintegration, usually beginning in the late teens or early adulthood. Over the years, the term dementia praecox was gradually replaced by the term schizophrenia, which initially had a m... Wikipedia