| psych- | See: psycho-. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| psychagogic | Attractive; persuasive. Origin: Gr. See Psychagogue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| psychagogue | A necromancer. Origin: Gr.; the soul + to lead. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| psychagogy | Rarely used term for psychotherapeutic reeducation stressing social adjustment of the individual. Origin: psych-+ G. Agogia, a tutor's office (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychal | Of or pertaining to the soul; psychical. See: Psychical. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| psychalgalia | 1. Distress attending a mental effort, noted especially in melancholia. Synonym: algopsychalia, mind pain, phrenalgia, psychalgalia, soul pain. Synonym: psychogenic pain. Origin: psych-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychalgia | 1. Distress attending a mental effort, noted especially in melancholia. Synonym: algopsychalia, mind pain, phrenalgia, psychalgalia, soul pain. Synonym: psychogenic pain. Origin: psych-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychalia | An emotional condition characterised by auditory and visual hallucinations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychanopsia | Synonym: mind blindness. Origin: psych-+ G. An-priv, + opsis, vision (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychataxia | Mental confusion; inability to fix one's attention or to make any continued mental effort. Origin: psych-+ G. Ataxia, confusion (05 Mar 2000) |
| psyche | 1. A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul. 2. The soul; the vital principle; the mind. 3. [F. Psyche] A cheval glass. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Psyche, fr. The soul. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| psychedelic | 1. Pertaining to a rather imprecise category of drugs with mainly central nervous system action, and with effects said to be the expansion or heightening of consciousness, e.g., LSD, hashish, mescaline. 2. A hallucinogenic substance, visual display, music, or other sensory stimulus having such action. Origin: psyche-+ G. Deloo, to manifest (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychedelic drug | <pharmacology> A class of medications (for example LSD, marijuana, peyote, heroin, cocaine) that result in a distorted perception of reality. Often accompanied by hallucinations. (27 Sep 1997) |
| psychedelic therapy | Psychiatric therapy utilizing psychedelic drugs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychentonia | Rarely used term for mental tension. Origin: psych-+ G. En, in, + tonos, tension (05 Mar 2000) |