psychosis

English

Etymology

From psych- + -osis or from Ancient Greek ψύχωσις (psykhosis, “animation, principle of life”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs
• IPA: /ˈsɑɪˌkosɪs/ or IPA: /ˈsɑɪˌkosəs/
• IPA: /saɪˈkoʊ.sɪs/

Noun

Wikipedia psychosis (plural psychoses)

1. (psychology) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.

Translations

mental disorder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精神病 (cmn) (jīngshénbìng)

• Czech: psychóza (cs) f
• Dutch: psychose (nl) f
• Finnish: psykoosi (fi)
• French: psychose (fr) f
• German: Psychose (de) f

• Greek: ψύχωση (el) (psýchosi) f
• Japanese: 精神病 (ja) (せいしんびょう, seishinbyō)
• Polish: psychoza (pl) f
• Romanian: psihoză (ro) f
• Russian: психоз (ru) (psixóz) m
• Spanish: psicosis (es) f
• Swedish: psykos c