a mental illness in which a person becomes unable to link thought, emotion and behaviour, leading to withdrawal from reality and personal relationshipsWordfinderconditionanorexia,autism,bipolar disorder,condition,dementia,depression,mentally,paranoia,psychosis,schizophreniaOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivechronic,paranoidverb + schizophreniahave,suffer from,develop,…schizophrenia + nounpatientsSeefull entrySee related entries:Mental and emotional problemsWord Originearly 20th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek skhizein ‘to split’ + phrēn ‘mind’.
See schizophrenia in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
