psychosis
BrE /ˈsaɪ.kə.sɪs/ AmE /ˈsaɪ.kə.sɪs/
noun en → es
a serious mental illness that causes a person to lose touch with reality and experience delusions or hallucinations
psicosis, trastorno mental grave
- suffer from psychosis
Collocations schizophrenia-related psychosis · psychotic episode
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She was admitted to the hospital because of a psychotic episode.
Fue ingresada en el hospital debido a un episodio psicótico.
extremely strange or violent behavior that is caused by mental illness
comportamiento extraño o violento, actitud psicótica
- show signs of psychosis
Collocations psychotic behavior · psychotic state
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The patient's psychotic behavior was disturbing to the other residents.
El comportamiento psicótico del paciente era perturbador para los demás residentes.