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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

psychosis
    n 1: any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is
         lost or highly distorted

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Psychosis \Psy*cho"sis\, n. [NL. See Psycho-.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Any vital action or activity. --Mivart.
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   2. (Med.) A disease of the mind; especially, a functional
      mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident
      organic changes.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for psychosis:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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