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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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WordMeaning
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ephemerallasting a very short time
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oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
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reciprocalinversely related : opposite
swerveto turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate
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