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Traditional English :: schizo
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schizo.html - adj. & n. colloq. --adj. --n. (pl. -os) a schizophrenic. [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: schizocarp
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schizo.html - n. Bot. any of a group of dry fruits that split into single-seeded parts when ripe. schizocarpic adj. schizocarpous adj. [Gk skhizo to split + karpos fruit] |
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Traditional English :: schizoid
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schizo.html - adj. & n. --adj. (of a person or personality etc.) tending to or resembling schizophrenia or a schizophrenic, but usu. without delusions. --n. |
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Traditional English :: schizomycete
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schizo.html - n.
a former name for a bacterium. [Gk skhizo to split + mukes -etos mushroom] |
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Traditional English :: schizophrenia
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schizo.html - n. a mental disease marked by a breakdown in the relation between thoughts, feelings, and actions, frequently accompanied by delusions and retreat from social life. schizophrenic adj. & n. [mod.L f. Gk skhizo to split + phren mind] |
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Traditional English :: schizothymia
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schizo.html - n. Psychol. an introvert condition with a tendency to schizophrenia. schizothymic adj. [mod.L (as SCHIZOPHRENIA + Gk thumos temper)] |
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