psychosis

🇺🇸 /saɪˈkəʊsɪs/ 🇬🇧 /saɪˈkəʊsɪs/
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A mental health problem where a person has false beliefs or sees or hears things that aren't really there.

The patient was diagnosed with psychosis after he started hearing voices that weren't there.

translation

n. A mental health problem where a person has false beliefs or sees or hears things that aren't really there.

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Plural psychoses