Definitions for: Delirium

[n] a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
[n] state of violent mental agitation

Webster (1913) Definition: De*lir"i*um, n. [L., fr. delirare to rave, to wander
in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing; de- +
lira furrow, track; perh. akin to G. geleise track, rut, and
E. last to endure.]
1. (Med.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and
actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental
aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually
dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so
distinguished from mania, or madness.

2. Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.

The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at
first caught his enthusiastic mind. --W. Irving.

The delirium of the preceding session (of
Parliament). --Morley.

Delirium tremens. [L., trembling delirium] (Med.), a
violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged
use of intoxicating liquors.

Traumatic delirium (Med.), a variety of delirium following
injury.

Syn: Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration;
mania; lunacy; fury. See Insanity.

Synonyms: craze, frenzy, fury, hysteria

See Also: disturbance, folie, mania, manic disorder, mental disorder, mental disturbance, nympholepsy, psychological disorder

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