paranoic type schizophrenia meaning and definition

PARANOIC TYPE SCHIZOPHRENIA noun

Definition of paranoic type schizophrenia (noun)

1. 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
   • synonyms: paranoid schizophrenia, paraphrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia