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psychosis

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  • Regno Unito//saɪˈkəʊsɪs//
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A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.

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    A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.

    Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.

Etimologia

From psych- + -osis. Not related to Ancient Greek ψύχωσις (psúkhōsis, “animation, principle of life”).

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psychoses
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