Delirium
41delirium — noun Etymology: Latin, from delirare to be crazy, literally, to leave the furrow (in plowing), from de + lira furrow more at learn Date: circa 1563 1. an acute mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually… …
42delirium — noun /dɪˈlɪɹɪəm/ A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication …
43delirium — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. madness, fever, hallucination, frenzy; see excitement , insanity 1 . See Synonym Study at hysteria . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. confusion, incoherence, bewilderment, hallucinations, ranting and raving, derangement,… …
44delirium — de|lir|i|um [dıˈlıriəm] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: delirare to leave a straight line, be mad , from lira line cut in the ground ] 1.) [U] a state in which someone is delirious, especially because they are very ill ▪ Before she died she… …
45Delirium — De|li|ri|um das; s, ...ien [...i̯ən] <aus gleichbed. lat. delirium zu delirus »irre, wahnwitzig«> Bewusstseinstrübung (Verwirrtheit), verbunden mit Erregung, Sinnestäuschungen u. Wahnideen …
46delirium — noun 1 (C, U) a state in which someone is delirious, especially because they are very ill: High doses of certain drugs produce delirium. 2 (singular) extreme excitement …
47delirium — de•lir•i•um [[t]dɪˈlɪər i əm[/t]] n. pl. lir•i•ums, lir•i•a [[t] ˈlɪər i ə[/t]] 1) pat psi a temporary disturbance of consciousness characterized by restlessness, excitement, and delusions or hallucinations 2) a state of violent excitement or… …
48DELIRIUM — • drugs electrolytes low temperature and lunacy intoxication and intracranial processes retention of urine or feces infection unfamiliar surroundings myocardial infarction [causes of delirium] …
49Delirium — Wer ist im Delirium, fragt die klügsten Leute dumm …
50delirium — n. 1 an acutely disordered state of mind involving incoherent speech, hallucinations, and frenzied excitement, occurring in metabolic disorders, intoxication, fever, etc. 2 great excitement, ecstasy. Phrases and idioms: delirium tremens a… …
