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Psychosis Common

Origin: Greek suffix -osis

Psychosis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

2

A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.

See Also
postpsychotic neuropsychosis antipsychotic schizotypy psychotogenic sulpiride neologism psychopharmaceutical
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
mental illness
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
delirium tremens paranoia schizophrenia
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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