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   delirious: [adjective] of, relating to, or characteristic of delirium.

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   DELIRIOUS meaning: 1. unable to think or speak clearly because of fever or mental confusion: 2. extremely happy or…. Learn more.

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   What is delirious?

   • Definition of delirious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary in an excited state and not able to think or speak clearly, usually because of a high temperature He became delirious and couldn't recognize people. My mind refused to clear and I felt delirious.

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   When was delirious first used?

   • The earliest known use of the adjective delirious is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for delirious is from 1599, in Master Broughtons Letters Answered. delirious is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: delirium n., ‑ous suffix.

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   What causes delirium?

   • Delirium may be the result of an underlying medical condition (e.g., infection or hypoxia ), side effect of a medication, substance intoxication (e.g., opioids or hallucinogenic deliriants ), substance withdrawal (e.g., alcohol or sedatives ), or from multiple factors affecting one's overall health (e.g., malnutrition, pain, etc.).

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   What happens if a patient is delirious?

   • He was delirious, so she and another nurse sedated him and tied him down, which kept him alive. Patients can end up delirious and in pain, weakened by an unremitting torrent of bloody diarrhea. He became delirious, his heartbeat grew ragged, his blood teemed with the virus, and his lungs, liver and kidneys began to fail.

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   Delirium. Delirium (formerly acute confusional state, an ambiguous term that is now discouraged [1]) is a specific state of acute confusion attributable to the direct physiological consequence of a medical condition, effects of a psychoactive substance, or multiple causes, which usually develops over the course of hours to days.

   • Causes: Inconclusive

   • Treatment: Treating underlying cause, symptomatic management with medication

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   DELIRIOUS definition: 1. unable to think or speak clearly because of fever or mental confusion: 2. extremely happy or…. Learn more.

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   There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective delirious. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use.

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   Delirious definition: affected with or characteristic of delirium. . See examples of DELIRIOUS used in a sentence.

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   Definition of delirious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.