| combat exhaustion | See: battle fatigue, posttraumatic stress disorder, war neurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| heat exhaustion | A form of heat illness that results when the victim is dehydrated (fluid depleted). Common symptoms include: fatigue, lightheadedness, nausea, vomiting, headache, rapid heartbeat and lowered blood pressure. (27 Sep 1997) |
| infection-exhaustion psychosis | A psychosis following an acute infection, shock, or chronic intoxication; begins as delirium followed by pronounced mental confusion with hallucinations and unsystematised delusions, and sometimes stupor. Synonym: febrile psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exhaustion | 1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents. 2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits. 3. <mathematics> An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and quadratures, now investigated by the calculus. Origin: Cf. F. Exhaustion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| exhaustion atrophy | Atrophy, especially of glandular cells, believed to result from excessive functional activity or overstimulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exhaustion psychosis | Rarely used term for a confusional emotional state following an exhausting event. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute delirium | Delirium of recent, rapid onset. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alcohol withdrawal delirium | An acute organic mental disorder due to recent cessation or reduction in alcohol consumption with the essential characteristic being delirium. Autonomic hyperactivity - that is, tachycardia, sweating, and elevated blood pressure - is also present. It was formerly called delirium tremens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anxious delirium | Delirium in which the predominating symptom is an incoherent apprehension or anxiety. (05 Mar 2000) |
| collapse delirium | Delirium caused by extreme physical depression induced by a shock, profuse haemorrhage, exhausting labour, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic delirium | Delirium caused by a structural traumatic brain injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile delirium | Delirium associated with senile dementia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delirium | <neurology, psychiatry> An acute, reversible organic mental disorder characterised by reduced ability to maintain attention to external stimuli and disorganised thinking as manifested by rambling, irrelevant or incoherent speech. There are also a reduced level of consciousness, sensory misperceptions, disturbance of the sleep wakefulness cycle and level of psychomotor activity, disorientation to time, place or person and memory impairment. Delirium may be caused by a large number of conditions resulting in derangement of cerebral metabolism, including systemic infection, poisoning, drug intoxication or withdrawal, seizures or head trauma and metabolic disturbances such as hypoxia, hypoglycaemia, fluid, electrolyte or acid base imbalances or hepatic or renal failure. Synonym: acute confusional state, acute brain syndrome. Origin: L. Lira = furrow or track, i.e., off the track (13 Nov 1997) |
| delirium cordis | An obsolete term for atrial fibrillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delirium, dementia, amnestic, cognitive disorders | Cognitive disorders including delirium, dementia, and other cognitive disorders. These may be the result of substance use, trauma, or other causes. (12 Dec 1998) |