psychosis

名词 n.
/saɪˈkəʊsɪs/    /saɪˈkoʊsɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality. countable,uncountable
    — Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.

词形变化

psychoses plural

词源

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