ACUTE SCHIZOPHRENIC EPISODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acute schizophrenic episode mean? 

• ACUTE SCHIZOPHRENIC EPISODE (noun)
  The noun ACUTE SCHIZOPHRENIC EPISODE has 1 sense:

1. schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)

  Familiarity information: ACUTE SCHIZOPHRENIC EPISODE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACUTE SCHIZOPHRENIC EPISODE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acute schizophrenic episode; reactive schizophrenia

Hypernyms ("acute schizophrenic episode" is a kind of...):

dementia praecox; schizophrenia; schizophrenic disorder; schizophrenic psychosis (any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact)