Oxford Dictionary English psychosis noun noun BrE BrE//saɪˈkəʊsɪs// ; NAmE NAmE//saɪˈkoʊsɪs// [countable, uncountable] (pl. psychoses BrE BrE//saɪˈkəʊsiːz// ; NAmE NAmE//saɪˈkoʊsiːz// ) Mental and emotional problems Add to my wordlistjump to other results a serious mental illness that makes a person lose contact with reality see also psychotic Wordfinderconditionanorexia, autism, bipolar disorder, condition, dementia, depression, mentally, paranoia, psychosis, schizophrenia See related entries: Mental and emotional problems Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Greek psukhōsis ‘animation’, from psukhoō ‘I give life to’, from psukhē ‘soul, mind’.See psychosis in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee psychosis in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: psychosis oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
