Origin: Greek prefix para-
Paraphrenia has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner
Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.