paranoic type schizophrenia
1.
(
noun
) a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner
Synonyms:
paranoid schizophrenia
,
paraphrenia
,
paraphrenic schizophrenia
Related Words:
dementia praecox
,
schizophrenia
,
schizophrenic disorder
,
schizophrenic psychosis
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