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confusion Noun 1. mistaking one person or thing for another 2. bewilderment 3. lack of clarity 4. disorder Confusion a confused collection or assemblage. See also chaos, clutter. Examples: confusion of blocks of stone; of piled blocks, 1835; of persons, 1791.
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confusion noun 1. bewilderment, doubt, uncertainty, puzzlement, perplexity, mystification, bafflement, perturbation << OPPOSITE enlightenment Translations confusion [kənˈfjuːʒən] confuse n (mix-up) → Verwechslung f; (perplexity) → Verwirrung f; (disorder) → Durcheinander nt How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Neurologic function was categorized according to 3 conditions: full consciousness, confusional state or dementia, and unconscious. Neuropsychiatric lupus: Nomenclature, classification, criteria, and other confusional states, Arthritis Care and Research, 45, 2001, pp. This syndrome, he says, includes a constellation of symptoms rarely, if ever, found outside conditions of social isolation, including hyperresponsivity to external stimuli (that is, the inability to tolerate certain smells and sounds)l perceptual disturbances; difficulties with thinking, concentration, and memory; severe anxiety and agitation; and, in the most severe cases, onset of a confusional psychosis with severe agitation and paranoia. |
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