6 May 2015

hebephrenia

[hee-buh-free-nee-uh]

noun, Psychiatry.
1. a type of schizophrenia characterized by emotionless, incongruous, or silly behavior, intellectual deterioration, and hallucinations, frequently beginning insidiously during adolescence.

Origin of hebephrenia Expand

Greek
1880-1885; < Greek hēbē- (see hebetic ) + -phrenia

Related forms
hebephrenic [hee-buh-fren-ik], adjective

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Examples from the web for hebephrenia
– It can be entertaining to find hebephrenia or chlorosis, but do not share the news.

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Today’s aphorism

Only put off tomorrow what you are willing to die left undone.

– Pablo Picasso

On this day

6 May – Following ‘May the Fourth be with you’, and Cinco de Mayo yesterday, does this make today ‘Revenge of the Sixth?’

6 May 1937 – the German passenger dirigible (Zeppelin), The Hindenburg, crashes bursts into flames, falling 200 feet to the ground, killing 37 people. The Hindenburg was the world’s largest hydrogen airship and the disaster marked the end of the airship era. The disaster was captured on camera and a newsreel released, which can be viewed on Youtube.

6 May 1945 – Hermann Göring, Hitler’s second in command and the most powerful Nazi alive, surrenders to US forces, effectively marking the end of the Second World War. The official surrender was announced by German officers on 8 May 1945.

6 May 1954 – Roger Bannister becomes the first man break the 4 minute mile on foot. He ran the mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds at the Iffley Road Track, Oxford, England.