Psycho
noun, plural psychos.
1.
a psychopathic or psychotic person.
2.
a crazy or mentally unstable person.
adjective
3.
psychopathic or psychotic.
4.
crazy; mentally unstable.
1.
a combining form representing psyche, (psychological) and psychological, (psychoanalysis) in compound words.
noun, adjective (pl) -chos
1.
an informal and offensive word for psychopath or psychopathic See psychopath
combining form
1.
indicating the mind or psychological or mental processes: psychology, psychogenesis, psychosomatic
psycho psy·cho (sī’kō)
n.
A psychopath. adj.
Crazy; insane.
psycho- or psych-
pref.
Mind; mental: psychogenic.
Mental activities or processes: psychomotor.
Psychology; psychological: psychosocial.
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