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psychosis
(redirected from parturient psychosis of sows)

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psy·cho·sis  (s-kss)
n. pl. psy·cho·ses (-sz)
A severe mental disorder, with or without organic damage, characterized by derangement of personality and loss of contact with reality and causing deterioration of normal social functioning.

psychosis [sike-oh-siss, -seez]
Noun
pl -ses a severe mental disorder in which the sufferer's contact with reality becomes highly distorted: a classic case of psychosis
psychotic adj

psychosis  (s-kss)
Plural psychoses (s-ksz)
A mental state caused by psychiatric or organic illness, characterized by a loss of contact with reality and an inability to think rationally. A psychotic person often behaves inappropriately and is incapable of normal social functioning.

psychotic adjective (s-ktk)

psychosis
any severe mental disorder or disease. — psychotic, n., adj.
See also: Insanity
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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
Translations
Spanish psychosis [pl psychoses] [saɪˈkəusɪs, -siːz] npsicosis f inv
French psychosis [psychoses , pl ] [saɪˈkəusɪs, -siːz] npsychose f
German psychosis [saɪˈkəusɪs] [psychoses , pl ] nPsychose f
Italian psychosis [pl psychoses] [saɪˈkəusɪs, -siːz] npsicosi f inv

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