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Definition of neuropsychosis in English:

neuropsychosis

Pronunciation /ˌnjʊərə(ʊ)sʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/

noun

rare Medicine Psychology

  • A functional or psychosomatic disorder with neurological symptoms; mental illness complicating neurological disease; a severe neurosis with psychotic features.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.