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delirium

/dih-leer-ee-uhm/US // dɪˈlɪər i əm //UK // (dɪˈlɪrɪəm) //

谵妄,神智不清,谵语,谵妄症

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  1. 1

    plural de·lir·i·ums, de·lir·i·a [dih-leer-ee-uh]. /dɪˈlɪər i ə/.

    • : 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.
    • : a state of violent excitement or emotion.

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Examples

  • We were able to mitigate that person’s delirium, but these are the things that happen when you run out of space.

  • He described the behavior as a medical condition known as excited delirium.

  • In the Chauvin case, there are autopsies with different findings, and the disputed concept of “excited delirium” has already surfaced in pretrial paperwork.

  • Smoking or inhaling cannabis can cause delirium and other psychoactive reactions, and can be toxic if used too heavily.

  • It was just such delirium," Gad says, "that two actors who had basically never used their hands for physical labor were suddenly working with saws and jackhammers.

  • I spend waking hours in a fog of delirium, punctuated by uncontrollable giggle fits, heart palpitations, and mental anguish.

  • It's not delirium tremors and chromosome breakage and only a small number of users would be seriously harmed.

  • After Joe watches her father suffer delirium in the hospital, she says she felt "nothing" when he dies.

  • And they reacted to the announcement with measured delirium, sending equities to their highest levels in nearly four years.

  • Republicans were never overwhelmed by Mitt Romney; the Democratic delirium for Barack Obama faded two recovery summers ago.

  • I nursed him through several attacks of delirium tremens, and was always in fear that he would get out and disgrace us.

  • During the delirium of the fever, Dorothy raved continually about her mother, and dared not be left a moment alone in the dark.

  • The head is painful, and the patient is now and then even affected with delirium.

  • The deep-set eyes of the soldier glowed with an unnatural fire, and he was muttering to himself, as if in delirium.

  • It is most frequent among those whose addiction to alcohol for years has caused repeated paroxysms of delirium tremens.