Usually means: Acute confusion due to illness.
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  1. delirium: Merriam-Webster
  2. delirium: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. delirium: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. delirium: Collins English Dictionary
  5. delirium: Vocabulary.com
  6. Delirium, delirium: Wordnik
  7. delirium: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. delirium: Wiktionary
  9. delirium: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. delirium: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. delirium: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. delirium: Dictionary.com
  13. delirium: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  15. Delirium: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. delirium: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. delirium: Rhymezone
  18. Delirium: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. delirium: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. delirium: FreeDictionary.org
  21. delirium: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. delirium: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Delirium: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. delirium: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. delirium: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Delirium: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. delirium: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. delirium: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Delirium: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Delirium: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  9. Delirium: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  10. delirium: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. delirium: Medical dictionary
  12. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  13. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  14. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  15. Delirium: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Delirium: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See deliria as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (medicine) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.
noun:  Wild, frenzied excitement or ecstasy.

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