Schizo
noun, plural schizos.
1.
a schizophrenic or schizoid person.
adjective
2.
schizophrenic or schizoid.
3.
crazy; wildly eccentric; lunatic.
1.
a combining form meaning “split,” used in the formation of compound words:
schizogenetic.
adjective
1.
schizophrenic
noun (pl) -os
2.
a schizophrenic person
combining form
1.
indicating a cleavage, split, or division: schizocarp, schizophrenia
schizo- or schiz-
pref.
Split; cleft: schizotrichia.
Cleavage; fission: schizogenesis.
Schizophrenia: schizoid.
schizo
schizo
offensive a schizophrenic person
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