general paresis of the insane
English
Alternative forms
- general paresis (short form), GPI (initialism)
Noun
general paresis of the insane (uncountable)
- (pathology) A neuropsychiatric disorder affecting the brain, caused by late-stage syphilis. [from 19th c.]
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 487:
- General paresis was described in 1822 by Antoine Laurent Bayle (1799–1858).
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 487:
Synonyms
- (neuropsychiatric disorder caused by syphilis): general paralysis of the insane, paralytic dementia
Translations
neuropsychiatric disorder caused by syphilis
Further reading
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