schizo- combining form.
['skʌɪzǝʊ, 'ʃʌɪz-, in sense 2 usu. 'skɪtsǝʊ, 'skɪdzǝʊ][from Greek
skhizein to split +
-O-; in sense 2 repr.
SCHIZOPHRENIA.]
1.
Botany &
Zoology. Forming words, usu. based on Greek, with the sense 'split, divided'.
2.
Psychiatry &
Psychology. Forming words pertaining to schizophrenia.
■ schizo-a'ffective
adjective & noun (a person) exhibiting symptoms of both schizophrenia and manic-depressive psychosis
M20. ■ schizocarp
noun a dry fruit which breaks up into two or more one-seeded mericarps when mature
L19. ■ schizo'carpic,
■ schizo'carpous
adjectives resembling or belonging to a schizocarp
L19. ■ schizocoel(e)
[-si:l] noun a perivisceral cavity formed by splitting of the embryonic mesoblast
L19. ■ schizo'coelic
adjective =
schizocoelous E20. ■ schizo'coelous
adjective of, pertaining to, or having a schizocoel
L19. ■ schizocoely
noun development of a coelom by splitting of the mesoblast
M20. ■ schizo'genic,
■ schi'zogenous
adjectives (of an intercellular space in a plant) formed by the splitting of the common wall of contiguous cells (cf.
LYSIGENOUS)
L19. ■ schi'zogonic
adjective pertaining to schizogony;
■ schizogonic cycle, the second of the two stages in the life history of some sporozoans:
E20. ■ schizogony
[-'zɒgǝni] noun asexual reproduction by multiple fission, found in some protozoa, esp. parasitic forms
L19. ■ schizomycete
[-'mʌɪsi:t] noun, pl. -mycetes
[-'mʌɪsi:ts, -mʌɪ'si:ti:z], (now chiefly
Hist.) a member of the class Schizomycetes, which comprises the bacteria when they are classified as fungi
L19. ■ schizo'rhinal
adjective (
Ornithology) having each nasal bone deeply cleft or forked
L19. ■ schizo'taxia
noun a genetically determined defect in the functioning of the nervous system which may predispose to schizophrenia
M20. ■ schizo'taxic
adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to schizotaxia;
(b) noun a person with schizotaxia:
M20. ■ schizothyme
noun & adjective (characteristic of) a person who exhibits a personality type with some schizophrenic characteristics, esp. introversion and withdrawal
E20. ■ schizothymia
[-'Ɵʌɪmɪǝ] noun the constitution or temperament typical of a schizothyme
M20. ■ schizo'thymic adjective of or pertaining to schizothymia
M20. ■ schizo'typal adjective of, pertaining to, or affected by schizotypy
M20. ■ 'schizotype noun a personality type in which mild symptoms of schizophrenia are present
M20. ■ schizo'typic adjective =
schizotypal M20. ■ schizotypy noun the state or condition of being a schizotype
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