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The Oxford Companion to the Body

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Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Science and technology, Life Sciences
Length:
1,495 words

The Greek psyche (‘life’ or ‘soul’) today can be translated as ‘mind’. The suffix ‘-osis’ means ‘any illness of’.

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World Encyclopedia

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Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
60 words

Serious mental disorder in which the patient loses contact with reality, in contrast to neurosis. It may feature extreme

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Charles Rycroft

The Oxford Companion to the Mind (2 ed.)

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Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Science and technology, Psychology, Philosophy
Length:
876 words
The word ‘psychosis’ seems to have been coined in the mid-19th century and to have meant originally any kind of mental disturbance arising from whatever cause. But after the turn of the ... More

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