An erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) test is sometimes called a sedimentation rate test or sed rate test. This test doesnât diagnose one specific condition. Instead, it helps your doctor determine whether youâre experiencing inflammation.
The definition of an insane delusion is contained in Colorado Jury Instruction 34:10, which defines it as âa persistent belief, resulting from illness or disorder, in the existence or non-existence of something which is contrary to all evidence.â CJI-Civ. 4th 34:10.
Medical Definition of DELUSION. 1. a: the act of deluding: the state of being deluded b: an abnormal mental state characterized by the occurrence of psychotic delusions. 2.. a: something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated b: a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary; also: the abnormal state marked by such beliefs.