psychosis

psychosis definition - medical

psy·cho·sis (sī-kōˈsĭs)

noun pl. psy·cho·ses (-sēz)
A severe mental disorder, with or without organic damage, characterized by derangement of personality and loss of contact with reality and causing deterioration of normal social functioning.

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