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Definitions for Delirium
[1] Pathology . a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
[2] a state of violent excitement or emotion.
[3] a state of excitement and mental confusion, often accompanied by hallucinations, caused by high fever, poisoning, brain injury, etc
[4] violent excitement or emotion; frenzy
Words related to Delirium
hallucination, fever, dementia, hysteria, aberration, fury, ardor, derangement, rage, insanity, ecstasy, mania, passion, fervor, enthusiasm, zeal, frenzy, raving, lunacy, furor
Words nearby Delirium
deliquescence, deliquescent, deliration, deliriant, delirious, delirium, delirium tremens, delish, delist, delitescence, delitescent
Origin of Delirium
1590–1600; < Latin dēlīrium frenzy, equivalent to dēlīr(āre ) (see deliration) + -ium -ium
Other words from Delirium
sem·i·de·lir·i·um , noun
Word origin for Delirium
C16: from Latin: madness, from dēlīrāre, literally: to swerve from a furrow, hence be crazy, from de- + līra ridge, furrow
Synonyms for Delirium
dementia, fever, hallucination, hysteria, aberration, ardor, derangement, ecstasy, enthusiasm, fervor, frenzy, furor, fury, insanity, lunacy, mania, passion, rage, raving, transport, zeal