But when sustained heat waves hit a region, the other health ramifications can be serious, including sunstroke and even major organ damage due to heat. The Chicago heat wave in the summer of 1995 killed an estimated 692 people and sent at least 3,300 people to the emergency room.
Lunatic fringe. (Redirected from Lunatic Fringe) Lunatic fringe is a term used to characterize members of a political or social movement as extremists with eccentric or fanatical views. The term was popularized by Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote in 1913 that, Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe..
delusion of negation (nihilistic delusion) a depressive delusion that the self, part of the self, part of the body, other persons, or the whole world has ceased to exist. paranoid d's an older term for delusion of grandeur and delusion of persecution; its use is discouraged. delusion of persecution a delusion that one is being attacked, harassed, cheated, persecuted, or conspired against. It is one of the subtypes of delusional disorder.