- psychosis
n. a manic-depressive psychosis
* * *[saɪ'kəʊsɪs]a manic-depressive psychosis
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Psychosis — Psy*cho sis, n. [NL. See {Psycho }.] [1913 Webster] 1. Any vital action or activity. Mivart. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A disease of the mind; especially, a functional mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Psychōsis — (v. gr.), 1) Beseelung; 2) Seelenstörung, Seelenkrankheit … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
psychosis — 1847, mental derangement, from Gk. psykhe mind (see PSYCHE (Cf. psyche)) + Mod.L. osis abnormal condition. Gk. psykhosis meant animation, principle of life … Etymology dictionary
psychosis — *insanity, lunacy, mania, dementia … New Dictionary of Synonyms
psychosis — has the plural form psychoses … Modern English usage
psychosis — ► NOUN (pl. psychoses) ▪ a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality … English terms dictionary
psychosis — [sī kō′sis] n. pl. psychoses [sī kō′sēz΄] [ModL: see PSYCHO & OSIS] a major mental disorder in which the personality is very seriously disorganized and contact with reality is usually impaired: psychoses are of two sorts, a) functional… … English World dictionary
Psychosis — Not to be confused with Psychopathy. For other uses, see Psychosis (disambiguation). Psychosis Classification and external resources ICD 10 F20 F29[1] ICD 9 … Wikipedia
psychosis — The medical Latin term psychosis comes from the Greek noun psuchosis (the giving of life, the process of animating). Despite its widespread use in biomedicine and psychology, it lacks a straightforward and unambiguous definition. A classical… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
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psychosis — Synonyms and related words: abulia, arteriosclerotic psychosis, brain disease, certifiability, crack up, dementia paralytica, dipsomania, drug addiction, emotional disorder, emotional instability, folie du doute, functional nervous disorder,… … Moby Thesaurus
