psychosis
pronunciation
How to pronounce psychosis in British English:
UK [saɪˈkəʊsɪs]
How to pronounce psychosis in American English:
US [saɪˈkoʊsɪs]
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- Noun:
- any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
Word Origin
- psychosis (n.)
- 1847, "mental derangement," Modern Latin, from Greek psykhe- "mind" (see psyche) + -osis "abnormal condition." Greek psykhosis meant "a giving of life; animation; principle of life."
Example
- 1. They compared the age of onset for psychosis between these groups .
- 2. This particular study found that marijuana use is associated with early development of psychosis .
- 3. I would not say there are religious motivations , but with religious people , the nature of the psychosis may encompass religious themes .
- 4. But the correlation between younger age of migration and the development of psychosis persisted .
- 5. She proposed new models that could lead to novel approaches in the treatment of psychosis .