Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tachyphrenia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tachy-phre-nia
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

unusually rapid thought; mental hyperactivity

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The thought stream, the stream of consciousness, speeds up in these patients with L-DOPA, often speeding too far, into a veritable tachyphrenia, with thoughts and associations almost too fast to follow."

Etymology

From tachy- + -phrenia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tachy
Suffix: phrenia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tachyphrenia mean?: unusually rapid thought; mental hyperactivity
Where does tachyphrenia come from?: From tachy- + -phrenia.

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