Taber's Medical Dictionary
Cotard delusion, Cotard syndrome
(kō-tar′)
[Jules Cotard, Fr. neurologist, 1840-1889]
The delusional negation of one’s own existence. People with Cotard’s either think they are dead or that part of their bodies are dead, rotting, or wasting away.
SYN: Walking Corpse Syndrome
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Cotard Delusion, Cotard Syndrome." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759920/all/Cotard_delusion__Cotard_syndrome.
Cotard delusion, Cotard syndrome. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759920/all/Cotard_delusion__Cotard_syndrome. Accessed April 13, 2025.
Cotard delusion, Cotard syndrome. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759920/all/Cotard_delusion__Cotard_syndrome
Cotard Delusion, Cotard Syndrome [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 13]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759920/all/Cotard_delusion__Cotard_syndrome.
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