HEBEPHRENIA


Meaning of HEBEPHRENIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhē-bə-ˈfrē-nē-ə, -ˈfre-nē- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek hēbētēs young adult (from hēbē youth) + English -phrenia; from the childish behavior which is often found with it

Date: 1883

: a form of schizophrenia characterized especially by incoherence, delusions lacking an underlying theme, and affect that is usually flat, inappropriate, or silly

• he·be·phre·nic -ˈfre-nik, -ˈfrē-nik adjective or noun

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