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dementia praecox definition

dementia prae·cox (prē′käks′)

schizophrenia

Etymology: ModL: see precocious & dementia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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