dementia praecox
[
pree
-koks]
/ˈpri kɒks/
noun
,
Psychiatry.
1.
schizophrenia
.
Origin
1895-1900;
<
Neo-Latin:
precocious dementia
British Dictionary definitions for
dementia praecox
dementia praecox
/
ˈpriːkɒks
/
noun
1.
a former name for
schizophrenia
Word Origin
C19: New Latin, literally: premature dementia
dementia praecox
in Medicine
dementia praecox
dementia prae·cox (prē'kŏks')
n.
Schizophrenia. No longer in technical use.