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† parafrenesie, -frensie Obs. rare.
[= OF. parafrenasie, ad. med.L. parafrenēsis, f. Gr. παρα-, para-1, in sense ‘false, spurious’ + L. phrenēsis (in Celsus as a Gr. word ϕρένησις) madness, delirium, frenzy.]
Temporary delirium, due (as was thought) not to disorder of the brain itself, but to its being affected by the fevered state of some other part.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. v. (Bodl. MS.), It comeþ of fumosite and smoke þat comeþ vpward to þe brayne & disturbleþ þe brayne and hatte parafrenesie, nought vrei frenesy [Barthol. parafrenesis, i. frenesis non vera; OFr. version (Godef.) parafrenasie, qui n'est pas vraye frenasye]. Ibid., Þanne þe brayne turneþ aȝen into his owne good state and þanne þis yuel parafrenesie is deliuered. |