Word: schizophrenia
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: schiz
o
phre
ni
a
Definition: A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
Morphemes:
Affix: schizophrenia
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σχίζω
Language: grc
Decoded: skhizo
Meaning: to split
Affix: φρήν
Language: grc
Decoded: phren
Meaning: mind, heart, diaphragm
Affix: -ia
Language: en
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used in forming names of countries, diseases, flowers, and rarely collections of things (such as militaria, deletia).