II. Definitions
- Loose Associations (Tangential Speech)
- Speech moves quickly through multiple topics (seemingly unrelated, although connected in the patient's view)
- Schizophasia (Word Salad)
- Confused and repetitive speech
- Use of unrelated words or words without meaning
- Circumstantial Speech
- Lengthy story of loosely related or unrelated details
- Flight of ideas
- Rapidly moving from one idea to another related idea
- Perseveration
- Frequently repeated thought or phrase
- Blocking Speech
- Interrupted speech or train of thought, only to be resumed minutes later
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| Concepts | Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction (T048) |
| SnomedCT | 40907002 |
| Dutch | woordsalade |
| French | Paraphasies verbales |
| German | Wortsalat |
| Italian | Schizofasia |
| Portuguese | Salada de palavras |
| Spanish | Ensalada de palabras, sopa de palabras (hallazgo), sopa de palabras |
| Japanese | 言葉のサラダ, ｺﾄﾊﾞﾉｻﾗﾀﾞ |
| Czech | Slovní salát |
| Hungarian | Szósaláta |
| English | Word salad, Word salad (finding), Schizophasia |
Ontology: Tangential thinking (C0558067)
| Concepts | Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction (T048) |
| SnomedCT | 74396008 |
| English | Tangentiality, tangentiality, tangentiality (physical finding), tangential thinking, Tangential thinking, Tangential thinking (finding) |
| Italian | Tangenzialità |
| Japanese | 脱線思考, ﾀﾞｯｾﾝｼｺｳ |
| Czech | Tangenciální myšlení |
| Hungarian | Tangenciális gondolkodás |
| Spanish | pensamiento tangencial (hallazgo), pensamiento tangencial, tangencialidad (hallazgo), tangencialidad, Tangencialidad |
| Portuguese | Tangencialidade |
| Dutch | oppervlakkigheid |
| French | Superficialité |
| German | Vorbeireden |
