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Delirium

Delirium Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Delirium? [n] a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations [n] state of violent mental agitation Synonyms \| Synonyms for Delirium: craze \| frenzy \| fury \| hysteria Related Terms \| Find terms related to Delirium: abandon \| afebrile delirium \| agnosia \| apparition \| ardor \| block \| blocking \| brainchild \| brainstorm \| bubble \| calenture \| childbed fever \| chimera \| continued fever \| craze \| deliriousness \| delusion \| delusion of persecution \| disorientation \| ecstasy \| eidolon \| enthusiasm \| eruptive fever \| fancy \| fantasque \| fantasy \| febricity \| febrility \| fervor \| fever \| fever heat \| feverishness \| fiction \| figment \| fire \| fire and fury \| flight of ideas \| flush \| frenzy \| furor \| furore \| fury \| hallucination \| hallucinosis \| heat \| hectic \| hectic fever \| hectic flush \| hyperpyrexia \| hyperthermia \| hysteria \| idle fancy \| illusion \| imagery \| imagination \| imagining \| incoherence \| insubstantial image \| intermittent fever \| intoxication \| invention \| lingual delirium \| madness \| maggot \| make-believe \| mental block \| mental confusion \| myth \| nihilism \| nihilistic delusion \| orgasm \| orgy \| paralogia \| passion \| phantasm \| phantom \| protein fever \| psychological block \| puerperal fever \| pyrexia \| rage \| ranting \| rapture \| raving \| ravishment \| relapsing fever \| remittent \| remittent fever \| romance \| sick fancy \| tearing passion \| thick-coming fancies \| towering rage \| transport \| trip \| urethral fever \| vaccinal fever \| vapor \| vision \| wandering \| water fever \| whim \| whimsy \| wildest dreams \| wound fever \| zeal See Also \| disturbance \| folie \| mania \| manic disorder \| mental disorder \| mental disturbance \| nympholepsy \| psychological disorder Delirium In Webster's Dictionary \Delir"ium\, n. [L., fr. delirare to rave, to wander in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing; de- + lira furrow, track; perh. akin to G. geleise track, rut, and E. last to endure.] 1. (Med.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness. 2. Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness. The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind. --W. Irving. The delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament). --Morley. {Delirium tremens}. [L., trembling delirium] (Med.), a violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged use of intoxicating liquors. {Traumatic delirium} (Med.), a variety of delirium following injury. Syn: Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; lunacy; fury. See {Insanity}.

Delirium Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Delirium?

[n] a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
[n] state of violent mental agitation

Synonyms | Synonyms for Delirium: craze | frenzy | fury | hysteria

Delirium In Webster's Dictionary

\De*lir"i*um\, n. [L., fr. delirare to rave, to wander
in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing; de- +
lira furrow, track; perh. akin to G. geleise track, rut, and
E. last to endure.]
1. (Med.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and
   actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental
   aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually
   dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so
   distinguished from mania, or madness.

2. Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.

         The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at
         first caught his enthusiastic mind.   --W. Irving.

         The delirium of the preceding session (of
         Parliament).                          --Morley.

{Delirium tremens}. [L., trembling delirium] (Med.), a
   violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged
   use of intoxicating liquors.



{Traumatic delirium} (Med.), a variety of delirium following
   injury.

Syn: Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration;
     mania; lunacy; fury. See {Insanity}.

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