psychosis


Definition: Meaning of, psychosis in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / sʌɪˈkəʊsɪs /

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psychosis psychoses
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  1. a serious mental illness that can change your character and make you unable to behave in a normal way [↪  psychotic]
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psychosis used in phrases

  • Korsakoff's psychosis (noun)
    1. dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
  • Korsakov's psychosis (noun)
    1. dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
  • manic-depressive psychosis (noun)
    1. a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
  • polyneuritic psychosis (noun)
    1. dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
  • schizophrenic psychosis (noun)
    1. any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
  • senile psychosis (noun)
    1. dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease
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