Amentiform

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shaped like a catkin.

    "The inflorescence in these associated genera is in (catkins, or) amentiform regimes."

  2. 2
    Resembling dementia or delirium, including disorganized thinking, incoherence, and memory disturbances.

    "a. 100 oer cent in acute and subacute amentiform conditions; b. 81 per cent in acute and subacute stupor; C. 71 per cent in acute and subacute hebephrenia; d. 68 per cent in acute and subacute paranoid-hallucinatory conditions."

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"The inflorescence in these associated genera is in (catkins, or) amentiform regimes."

Etymology

From Latin amentum + -form.

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