also: せんぼう
Medical term for an acute confusional state, often with hallucinations and disorientation. Used in clinical contexts.
The elderly patient developed delirium.
Symptoms of delirium include hallucinations and confusion.
delirium tremens
Standard medical kanji spelling; せん is a simplified form of 譫.
Alternate reading せんぼう; less common than せんもう.
Full kanji form using the traditional character 譫; rarely used in modern medical writing.
Full kanji form with the rare reading せんぼう.
From Chinese 譫妄 (zhānwàng), a medical term combining 譫 (incoherent talk) and 妄 (absurd, rash). The Japanese simplified form せん妄 replaces 譫 with the simpler character せん.