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Definition of psychosis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

psychosis

noun
 
/saɪˈkəʊsɪs/
 
/saɪˈkəʊsɪs/
 [countable, uncountable]
(plural psychoses
 
/saɪˈkəʊsiːz/
 
/saɪˈkəʊsiːz/
)
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  1. a serious mental health condition in which somebody sees or hears things that are not there, or believes things that are not true see also psychotic
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    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Greek psukhōsis ‘animation’, from psukhoō ‘I give life to’, from psukhē ‘soul, mind’.
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