confusional

confusional

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English confusion
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English confusional

    From confusion + -al.

    Adjective

    confusional (comparative more confusional, superlative most confusional)

    1. (medicine) Characterized by confusion.
      • 1978, Henri Ey, Consciousness:
        The person suffering from a confusional state is not sleeping.
      • 1994, David C Good, James R Couch, Handbook of Neurorehabilitation:
        Aggressive behavior, for instance, is quite common in a confusional state but is often transient and quickly resolves as confusion clears.
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