Etymology

unitary psychosis

Today it means: According to 19th-century German psychiatry, a single underlying disease process of which all psychoses were surface variations. Full definition →

German Einheitspsychose
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  1. German · calque ofEinheitspsychose
  2. English todayunitary psychosis

Calque of German Einheitspsychose

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