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psychotomimesis

psychotomimesis noun: the onset of psychotic symptoms following the administration of a drug.

Noun

psychotomimesis (uncountable)

  1. The onset of psychotic symptoms following the administration of a drug.

Origin of psychotomimesis

From psychoto- + mimesis.

Questions about psychotomimesis

What does psychotomimesis mean?
Psychotomimesis means the onset of psychotic symptoms following the administration of a drug.
What part of speech is psychotomimesis?
Psychotomimesis is a noun.

Words near psychotomimesis in the dictionary

  1. psychoto-
  2. psychotogenesis
  3. psychotogenic
  4. psychotoid
  5. psychotolytic
  6. psychotomimesis
  7. psychotomimetic
  8. psychotomimetically
  9. psychotomimetics
  10. psychotopological
  11. psychotopologies

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