n 1  :  the group of paranoid disorders  2  :  any of the paranoid disorders : also  :  SCHIZOPHRENIA .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  par·ooph·o·ron  peri·ovar·i·an  por·phy·rin 
 
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