general paresis of the insane

English

Alternative forms

• general paresis (short form), GPI (initialism)

Noun

general paresis of the insane (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A neuropsychiatric disorder caused by late-stage syphilis, and characterized by fatigue, headaches, insomnia, personality changes, delusions, etc. [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 487:

     General paresis was described in 1822 by Antoine Laurent Bayle (1799–1858).

Synonyms

• (neuropsychiatric disorder caused by syphilis): general paralysis of the insane, paralytic dementia

Translations

neuropsychiatric disorder caused by syphilis

• Catalan: paràlisi general de la demència

Further reading

• general paresis of the insane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia