general paresis of the insane

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general paresis of the insane (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) A neuropsychiatric disorder caused by late-stage syphilis, and characterized by fatigue, headaches, insomnia, personality changes, delusions, etc.
    • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 487:
      General paresis was described in 1822 by Antoine Laurent Bayle (1799–1858).

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