cataphrenia

noun

cata·​phre·​nia

plural -s

: a dementia from which the sufferer usually recovers

cataphrenic

¦⸗⸗¦frenik

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cata- + -phrenia

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Rhymes for cataphrenia

• asthenia
• eugenia
• lacinia
• puccinia
• robinia
• vaccinia
• yersinia
• iphigenia
• leucopenia
• leukopenia
• myasthenia
• neurasthenia