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PSYCHOSIS

a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions

The meaning of the word psychosis is a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions.

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discernibleable to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
garbledmade unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up
genusa class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
delugean overflowing of the land by water
falsifyto prove or declare false : disprove
outfitthe act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition)
clairvoyanthaving clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception
ethnologya branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures