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synonyms for delirium

  • dementia
  • fever
  • hallucination
  • hysteria
  • aberration
  • ardor
  • derangement
  • ecstasy
  • enthusiasm
  • fervor
  • frenzy
  • furor
  • fury
  • insanity
  • lunacy
  • mania
  • passion
  • rage
  • raving
  • transport
  • zeal
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antonyms for delirium

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  • apathy
  • calm
  • calmness
  • coldness
  • coolness
  • dislike
  • happiness
  • indifference
  • lethargy
  • peace
  • soundness
  • balance
  • saneness
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We were able to mitigate that person’s delirium, but these are the things that happen when you run out of space.
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Smoking or inhaling cannabis can cause delirium and other psychoactive reactions, and can be toxic if used too heavily.
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It was just such delirium," Gad says, "that two actors who had basically never used their hands for physical labor were suddenly working with saws and jackhammers.
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Soon farmhands and slaughterhouse workers were showing up at emergency rooms in Nipah-induced deliriums.
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“Muir and Andrews were sick for two or three weeks,” he wrote, Muir eventually suffering from delirium.
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I nursed him through several attacks of delirium tremens, and was always in fear that he would get out and disgrace us.
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During the delirium of the fever, Dorothy raved continually about her mother, and dared not be left a moment alone in the dark.
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The head is painful, and the patient is now and then even affected with delirium.
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