See Also: persecutory type of paranoid disorder(medicine)
grandiose type of paranoid disorder(medicine)
erotomanic type of paranoid disorder(medicine)
jealous type of paranoid disorder(medicine)
ionosonde(dictionary)
persecutory(dictionary)
Persecutory delusion(health)
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paranoid(medicine)
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persecutory type of paranoid disorder (medicine) and ionosonde (iou)


persecutory type of paranoid disorder (medicine)


persecutory type of paranoid disorder


One of the most common of the types of paranoid disorders, it involves a single theme or series of connected themes, such as being conspired against, cheated, spied on, followed, poisoned or drugged, maligned, harassed, or obstructed in the pursuit of long-term goals; small slights may be exaggerated and become the focus of a delusional system.

See: paranoia.

Compare: paranoid personality disorder.


ionosonde (iou)



ionosonde noun. M20.
[from IONO(SPHERE + SONDE.]
An instrument sent aloft to investigate the ionosphere by transmitting Radio pulses into it and recording their echoes.