Psychoactive vs Psychosis - What's the difference?
psychoactive | psychosis |
(pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes.
(label) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
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As an adjective psychoactive
is (pharmacology) affecting the mind or mental processes.As a noun psychosis is
(label) a severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.psychoactive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- LSD and DMT are psychoactive drugs.
Synonyms
* psychotropicpsychosis
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Noun
(wikipedia psychosis) (psychoses)Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese