PSYCHOSIS

noun psy·cho·sis [sīˈkōsəs]a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality. Any severe form of mental disorder, as schizophrenia or paranoia. Modern Latin, from Greek psykhe- “mind” (psyche) + -osis “abnormal condition.” Greek psykhosis meant “a giving of life; animation; principle of life.” from Latin psyche, from Greek psykhe “the soul, mind, spirit; breath; life, one’s life, the invisible animating principle or entity which occupies and directs the physical body; understanding” word-forming element expressing state or condition, in medical terminology denoting “a state of disease,” from Latin -osis and directly from Greek -osis, formed from the aorist of verbs ending in -o. It corresponds to Latin -atio.

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