psychoza

See also: psychóza and psychozą

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ψύχωσις (psúkhōsis).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /psɨˈxɔ.za/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔza
  • Syllabification: psy‧cho‧za

Noun

psychoza f

  1. (clinical psychology, pathology) psychosis (mental disorder)
  2. (psychology) hysteria (behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion)
    Synonym: histeria

Declension
Declension of psychoza
singular
nominative psychoza
genitive psychozy
dative psychozie
accusative psychozę
instrumental psychozą
locative psychozie
vocative psychozo

Further reading
  • psychoza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • psychoza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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