Definition of delirium

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Delirium (n.) 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..

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Phrenitis :: Phrenitis (n.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis..
Delirium :: Delirium (n.) Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.
Oenomania :: Oenomania (n.) Delirium tremens.
Deliracy :: Deliracy (n.) Delirium.
Typhomania :: Typhomania (n.) A low delirium common in typhus fever.
Delirifacient :: Delirifacient (n.) Any substance which tends to cause delirium.
Hallucination :: Hallucination (n.) The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion..
Delirifacient :: Delirifacient (a.) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium..
Delirancy :: Delirancy (n.) Delirium.
Delirious :: Delirious (a.) Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies..
Deliriant :: Deliriant (n.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna)..
Lucid :: Lucid (n.) Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval..
Himself :: Himself (pron.) One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself..
Rapture :: Rapture (n.) A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.
Jactitation :: "Jactitation (n.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium..
Interval :: Interval (n.) A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium..
Phrensy :: Phrensy (n.) Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. See Frenzy.
Delirium :: Delirium (n.) 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..
Calenture :: Calenture (v. i.) To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.
Deliration :: Deliration (n.) Aberration of mind; delirium.
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