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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or affected with schizophrenia.
  • adjective Of, relating to, or characterized by the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic elements.
  • noun One who is affected with schizophrenia.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to schizophrenia.
  • adjective of a person Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.
  • adjective slang, deprecated Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable.
  • noun A person suffering from schizophrenia.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective suffering from some form of schizophrenia
  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia
  • noun someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia

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