| narceine | <chemistry> An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Synonym: narceia. Origin: L. Narce numbness, torpor, Gr., cf. F. Narceine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| narcissism | A psychoanalytic term meaning self-love. (12 Dec 1998) |
| narcissistic personality | A psychoanalytic term meaning self-love. (12 Dec 1998) |
| narcissistic personality disorder | An individual with an inflated sense of self-importance. (27 Sep 1997) |
| narcissus | Origin: L. Narcissus, and (personified) Narcissus, Gr. Narkissos, Narkissos, fr. Narkh torpor, in allusion to the narcotic properties of the flower. Cf. Narcotic. 1. <botany> A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds. 2. A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| narco- | Stupor, narcosis. Origin: G. Narkoo, to benumb, deaden (05 Mar 2000) |
| narcoanalysis | Psychotherapeutic treatment under light anaesthesia, originally used in acute combat cases during World War II; also has been used in the treatment of childhood trauma. See: narcotherapy. Synonym: narcosynthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| narcohypnia | A general numbness sometimes experienced at the moment of waking. Origin: narco-+ G. Hypnos, sleep (05 Mar 2000) |
| narcohypnosis | Stupor or deep sleep induced by hypnosis. Origin: narco-+ G. Hypnos, sleep (05 Mar 2000) |
| narcolepsy | <neurology> A disorder of sleep associated with excessive daytime sleepiness, involuntary daytime sleep episodes, disturbed nocturnal sleep and cataplexy. Narcolepsy affects over 100,000 people in the United States and appears to have a genetic basis. Symptoms usually begin in the patients twenties. Treatment often includes the use of amphetamines and-or tricyclic antidepressants. (27 Sep 1997) |
| narcoleptic | 1. A sleep inducing drug. 2. A person with narcolepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| narcoleptic tetrad | The clinical syndrome of narcolepsy, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| narcosis | <medicine> Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Narkwsis. See Narcotic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| narcosynthesis | Psychotherapeutic treatment under light anaesthesia, originally used in acute combat cases during World War II; also has been used in the treatment of childhood trauma. See: narcotherapy. Synonym: narcosynthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| narcotherapy | Intravenous injections of sodium amytal or sodium pentothal to induce a state in which the patient is more relaxed and communicative. Narcosuggestion, narcosynthesis, and narcoanalysis are therapeutic processes using these drug adjuncts. (12 Dec 1998) |