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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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integralessential to completeness : constituent
wafflea crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron
supplecompliant often to the point of obsequiousness
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
woefulfull of woe : grievous
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filchto steal secretly or casually
jumbleto move in a confused or disordered manner
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