schizophrenia
noun/ˌskɪtsəˈfriːniə/
/ˌskɪtsəˈfriːniə/, /ˌskɪtsəˈfreniə/
[uncountable]- a mental illness in which a person becomes unable to link thought, emotion and behaviour, leading to withdrawal from reality and personal relationshipsTopics Mental healthc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- chronic
- paranoid
- have
- suffer from
- develop
- …
- patients
Word Originearly 20th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek skhizein ‘to split’ + phrēn ‘mind’.Definitions on the go
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