Medical term:
folie
folie
[fo-le´] (Fr.)psychosis; insanity.
folie à deux mental disorder affecting two persons who share the same delusions; formally classified as shared psychotic disorder.
folie du pourquoi [doo-poor-kwah´] psychopathologic constant questioning.
folie gémellaire [zha″mĕ-lār´] psychosis occurring simultaneously in twins.
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fo·lie
(fō-lē'),Old term for madness or insanity, which now is taken to mean a psychotic disorder generally of the paranoid delusional type.
[Fr. folly]
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fo·lie
(fō-lē')Old term for madness or insanity.
[Fr. folly]
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