Definitions for SchiZophreniaˌskɪt səˈfri ni ə, -ˈfrin yə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
schiz•o•phre•ni•aˌskɪt səˈfri ni ə, -ˈfrin yə(n.)
a severe mental disorder associated with brain abnormalities and typically evidenced by disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
Category: Psychiatry
Origin of schizophrenia:
< G Schizophrenie (1910); see schizo -, -phrenia
schiz`o•phren′i•cal•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox(noun)
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
Wiktionary
schizophrenia(Noun)
A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion.
schizophrenia(Noun)
Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Schizophrenia
A severe emotional disorder of psychotic depth characteristically marked by a retreat from reality with delusion formation, HALLUCINATIONS, emotional disharmony, and regressive behavior.
Translations for SchiZophrenia
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
schizophrenia(noun)
a form of insanity in which the patient becomes severely withdrawn from reality, has delusions etc.
- skisofrenieAfrikaans
- فُصام أو إنْفِصام الشَّخْصِيَّهArabic
- шизофренияBulgarian
- esquizofreniaPortuguese (BR)
- schizofrenieCzech
- die SchizophrenieGerman
- skizofreniDanish
- σχιζοφρένειαGreek
- esquizofreniaSpanish
- skisofreeniaEstonian
- اسكيزوفرنيFarsi
- skitsofreniaFinnish
- schizophrénieFrench
- סְכִיזוֹפרֶניָהHebrew
- खंडित मनस्कताHindi
- shizofrenijaCroatian
- tudathasadásHungarian
- sisofreniaIndonesian
- geðklofiIcelandic
- schizofreniaItalian
- 精神分裂症Japanese
- 정신분열증Korean
- šizofrenijaLithuanian
- šizofrēnijaLatvian
- penyakit skizofreniaMalay
- schizofrenieDutch
- schizofreniNorwegian
- schizofreniaPolish
- اسكيزوفرنيPersian
- اسکزوفرنیPashto
- esquizofreniaPortuguese
- schizofrenieRomanian
- шизофренияRussian
- schizofréniaSlovak
- shizofrenijaSlovenian
- šizofrenijaSerbian
- schizofreniSwedish
- โรคจิตประเภทลืมตัวThai
- şizofreni, içe kapanım hastalığıTurkish
- 精神分裂症Chinese (Trad.)
- шизофреніяUkrainian
- انشقاق نفسیUrdu
- bệnh tâm thần phân liệtVietnamese
- 精神分裂症Chinese (Simp.)
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