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psychosis

5 entries found.
  1. psychosis
  2. alternating psychosis
  3. Korsakoff's psychosis
  4. manic–depressive psychosis
  5. senile psychosis

Main Entry:
psy·cho·sis Listen to the pronunciation of psychosis
Pronunciation:
\sī-ˈkō-səs\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural psy·cho·ses \-ˌsēz\ Listen to the pronunciation of psychoses
: a serious mental disorder (as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
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