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derailment
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derailment /de·rail·ment/ (de-rāl´ment) disordered thought or speech characteristic of schizophrenia and marked by constant jumping from one topic to another before the first is fully realized.
derailment
[dirāl′mənt]
a pattern of speech in which incomprehensible, disconnected, and unrelated ideas replace logical and orderly thought.

derailment
Neurology Speech characterized by abrupt changes in a parallel direction Etiology Organic brain disease, schizophrenia


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