psychosis

psy·cho·sis

 (sī-kō′sĭs)

n. pl. psy·cho·ses (-sēz)

An acute or chronic mental state marked by loss of contact with reality, disorganized speech and behavior, and often hallucinations or delusions, seen in certain mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, and other medical disorders.

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psychosis

(saɪˈkəʊsɪs)

n, pl -choses (-ˈkəʊsiːz)

(Psychiatry) any form of severe mental disorder in which the individual's contact with reality becomes highly distorted. Compare neurosis

[C19: New Latin, from psycho- + -osis]

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psy•cho•sis

(saɪˈkoʊ sɪs)

n., pl. -ses (-sēz).

1. a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.

2. any severe form of mental disorder, as schizophrenia or paranoia.

[1840–50]

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psy·cho·sis

(sī-kō′sĭs)

Plural psychoses (sī-kō′sēz)

A mental illness so severe that a person loses the ability to think logically, to communicate, and to relate to others. A person with a psychosis loses contact with reality and often shows dramatic changes in behavior. Psychoses can be caused by diseases affecting the brain.

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psychotic (sī-kŏt′ĭk) adjective

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psychosis

any severe mental disorder or disease. — psychotic, n., adj.

See also: Insanity

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

psychosis - any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted mental disease, mental illness, psychopathy - any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention delirium tremens, DTs - acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning paranoia - a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur dementia praecox, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis - any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

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Translations

psychóza

Psychose

ψύχωση

psicosis

psykoosi

psychose

psicosi

psychoza

psihoză

psychosis

[saɪˈkəʊsɪs] N (psychoses (pl)) [saɪˈkəʊsiːz] → psicosis f inv

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

psychosis

[saɪˈkəʊsɪs] [psychoses] [saɪˈkəʊsiːz] (pl) n → psychose f

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psychosis

n pl <psychoses> → Psychose f

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psychosis

[saɪˈkəʊsɪs] n (psychoses (pl)) [saɪˈkəʊsiːz‘] → psicosi f inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

psy·cho·sis

n. psicosis, trastorno mental severo de origen orgánico o emocional en el cual el paciente pierde contacto con la realidad y sufre de alucinaciones o aberraciones mentales;

alcoholic ___ → ___ alcohólica;

depressive ___ → ___ depresiva;

drug ___ → ___ por drogas;

manic-depressive ___ → ___ maníaco depresiva;

organic ___ → ___ orgánica;

senile ___ → ___ senil;

situational ___ → ___ situacional;

toxic ___ → ___ tóxica;

traumatic ___ → ___ traumática.

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psychosis

n (pl -ses) psicosis f

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