formal thought disorder

disruptions in the form or structure of thinking. Examples include derailment and tangentiality. It is distinct from thought disorder, in which the disturbance relates to thought content.

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February 22nd 2025

precision

n. a measure of accuracy. In statistics, an estimate with a small standard error is regarded as having a high degree of precision. —precise adj.