schizo

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schizo-

(word root) split

Examples of words with the root schizo-: schizophrenic

schiz·o

(skĭt′sō) Offensive Slang

n. pl. schiz·os

A schizophrenic person.

adj.

Schizophrenic.

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schizo

(ˈskɪtsəʊ)

adj

(Psychology) schizophrenic

n, pl -os

(Psychology) a schizophrenic person

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schiz•o

(ˈskɪt soʊ)

n., pl. schiz•os,
adj. Slang. n.

1. a schizophrenic or schizoid person.

adj.

2. schizophrenic or schizoid.

3. crazy; wildly eccentric.

[1940–45; by shortening; compare -o]

schizo-

a combining form meaning “split,” “fission”: schizocarp. Also, esp. before a vowel,schiz-.

[< Greek, comb. form representing schízein to part, split]

Translations

шиза

schizo

[ˈskɪtsəʊ] N → esquizo/a m/f

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schizo

(inf)

n (= schizophrenic) → Schizophrene(r) mf; (= crazy person) → Verrückte(r) mf (inf)

adj (= schizophrenic) → schizophren; (= crazy) → verrückt (inf)

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This is my chance to rant, cry, laugh, and prove to the world that schizos can be successful.

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"There was one particular day I remember when we were having our walk and one of the women in the park told her friends 'here come the schizos', which is a good example of the stigma that is out there."

One woman in the park told her mates 'here come the schizos'

HALLOWEEN'S ghoulish festivities have turned into a "dangerous" culture that brands the mentally ill as "psychos or schizos or freaks", a Government minister will warn today.