definition of the word schizophrenia

First attested 1910, from germanized Greek Schizophrenie "split mind", coined by Eugen Bleuler, from Greek σχιζοφρένεια (schizofreneia), from prefix σχιζο- schizo-, from Ancient Greek σκίζω (schizo) "to tear, to split, to cut" + Ancient Greek φρήν (fren) "mind, brain, diaphragm".

• AHD: [skĭt′səfrēnēə] or [skĭt′səfrĕnēə]
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schizophrenia

1. (pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion
2. (informal) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist

• borderline schizophrenia
• catatonic schizophrenia
• disorganized schizophrenia
• hebephrenic schizophrenia
• latent schizophrenia
• paranoid schizophrenia
• paraphrenic schizophrenia
• reactive schizophrenia
• schizophrenic

• dementia praecox
• schizophrenic disorder
• schizophrenic psychosis

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