1º_ Variant of psychosis ("psychiatric pathology") , something easier to pronounce although it creates confusion. 2º_ Severe form of folliculitis ("inflammation of hair follicles"). The Latin name sykosis is taken from the Greek 963; 965; 954; 969; 963; 953; 962; ( Sykoosis ) , formed by 963; 965; 954; 959; 957; ( sykon "fig" ) - 963; 953; 962; ( -sis "suffix for ailments or pathologies") , which initially named any tumor with fig form and today only to this disease.