Medical Definition of Nonsense syndrome

1. A psychotic-like condition, without the symptoms and signs of a traditional psychosis, occurring typically in prisoners who feign insanity; e.g., such a person, when asked to multiply 6 by 4, will give 23 as the answer, or he will call a key a lock. See: malingering, factitious disorder. Synonym: nonsense syndrome, syndrome of approximate relevant answers, syndrome of deviously relevant answers. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonsense Syndrome

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nonsenior
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nonsense mutation
nonsense mutations
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nonsense suppression
nonsense syndrome (current term)
nonsense triplet
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