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What does delirium mean?

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Noun
  1. 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.
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For example, delirium, medication use, and psychiatric illnesses such as amnestic disorders may be associated with cognitive impairment.
After the delirium clears the drug may be reinstituted at a much smaller dose.
He willed the farm to Annie before lapsing into delirium and feverishly mumbling his last words in the Maori he knew so well.
Such strange visions appeared during my delirium, beach demons with claws, odd quadrupeds, wings that staggered through dusk.
His equaliser brought welcome relief to the bench, but when the last-gasp winner went in delirium broke out.
Tiger bone is used to treat arthritis and muscular atrophy, and rhino horn to treat fevers, convulsions, and delirium.

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