English Dictionary

psychosis

IPA（発音記号）

/saɪˈkəʊsɪs/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

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

日本語の意味

重度の精神障害で、しばしば現実感の喪失や思考の混乱を伴う状態。 / 精神病状態：現実の認識が歪む、深刻な精神異常の一形態。

After the head injury, she developed psychosis, experiencing paranoid delusions and a distorted sense of reality.

頭部の損傷の後、彼女は脳に身体的な損傷を伴うこともある、偏執的な妄想と現実認識の歪みを特徴とする重度の精神障害を発症した。

意味（1）

(psychology) 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.

psychoses （ plural ）