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MEDYMOLOGY
ARBOR VITAE FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
Schizophrenia
Etymology:
Definition:
Gr. skhízō: “to split” + Gr. phrḗn: “mind, heart, diaphragm”
A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterized by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions
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