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FurryOldGuyJeans1/24/2009 10:37:52 am PST

re: #198 Walter L. Newton

From dictionary.reference.com:

schiz⋅o⋅phre⋅ni⋅a
   /ˌskɪtsəˈfriniə, -ˈfrinyə/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [skit-suh-free-nee-uh, -freen-yuh] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. Psychiatry. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
2. a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements.
Origin:
1910–15; schizo- + -phrenia
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2006.


schizophrenic (skĭt’sə-frěn’ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or affected with schizophrenia.
2. Of, relating to, or characterized by the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic elements.

n. One who is affected with schizophrenia.
schiz’ophren’ically adv.

Reference 2 in both definitions is the operative usage. Plus reference 1 in the first definition regarding disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations might also apply.