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- noun medicine A form of schizophrenia that is accompanied by
delusions , either ofpersecution ,grandeur orjealousy .
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- noun a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner
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