The act or process of becoming delirious or speaking incoherently.
From Latin 'delirare' with the suffix '-tion' denoting an action or process, used in medical literature to describe states of mental disturbance.
This word appeared frequently in early modern medical writing to describe fever-induced mental confusion, before doctors understood that high fevers could temporarily damage thinking ability.
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