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How to pronounce delirium in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms craze, frenzy, fury, hysteria
Type of mania, manic disorder
Has types mass hysteria, epidemic hysertia, nympholepsy
Derivation delirious
Type Words
Type of disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder

Examples of delirium

delirium
With so much to talk about, those delirium tremens must be kicking in about now.
From the guardian.co.uk
Maybe it's just not ready to go through the requisite phase of delirium tremens.
From the techcrunch.com
Delirium affects 2.5 million seniors admitted to medical institutions every year.
From the newsobserver.com
Bonifacio was gasping for breath, oblivious to the delirium, begging for water.
From the sacbee.com
The album may lack Tommy's delirium, but at its erratic best, it has more soul.
From the time.com
The day's delirium aside, as the sun rose that morning, the vistas were chilling.
From the denverpost.com
The study also found no difference between antipsychotics in treating delirium.
From the sciencedaily.com
Patients were assessed for delirium and for readiness for unassisted breathing.
From the sciencedaily.com
I felt sure she was leading the chorus, the first tumbling domino of delirium.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Craze: state of violent mental agitation
  • A usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
  • Delirium (acute confusional state) is a common and severe neuropsychiatric syndrome with core features of acute onset and fluctuating course, attentional deficits and generalized severe disorganization of behavior. ...
  • Delirium, also known as Photo of Gioia and Delirium: Photo of Gioia (Le foto di Gioia) is a 1980 Italian giallo film directed by Lamberto Bava and starring Serena Grandi. Not to be confused with the 1972 giallo Delirium.
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  • Delirium is an album by folk rock band Capercaillie released in 1991 by Survival Records. It was issued in North America by Valley Entertainment in 2002.
  • Delirium was a Cirque du Soleil live music event partnered with Live Nation (formerly known as Clear Channel Entertainment). ...
  • Delirium is one of The Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman.
  • A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection