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Noun: acute schizophrenic episode
  1. Schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)
    "The patient experienced an acute schizophrenic episode following a traumatic event";
    - reactive schizophrenia

Derived forms: acute schizophrenic episodes

Type of: dementia praecox [archaic], schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis