| psychic | <psychology> Pertaining to the psyche or to the mind, mental. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| psychic blindness | Visual agnosia for objects. The subjet sees the object, but cannot identify it; due to a lesion in area 18 of the occipital cortex. Synonym: object blindness, psychanopsia, psychic blindness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychic contagion | Communication of a nervous disorder or lesser psychological symtoms by imitation, as in mass hysteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychic determinism | In psychoanalysis, the concept that all psychological and behavioural phenomena result from antecedent, unconsciously operating causes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychic energy | In psychoanalysis, a hypothetical mental force, analogous to the physical concept of energy, which enables and vitalises an individual's psychological activity. See: libido. Synonym: psychic force. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychic force | In psychoanalysis, a hypothetical mental force, analogous to the physical concept of energy, which enables and vitalises an individual's psychological activity. See: libido. Synonym: psychic force. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychic impotence | That caused by psychologic factors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychic inertia | A psychiatric term denoting resistance to any change in ideas or to progress; fixation of an idea. Uterine inertia, absence of effective uterine contractions during labour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychic overtone | The mental associations related to any stimulus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychic seizure | A simple partial seizure characterised by an attack of psychic phenomena such as a dreamy state, deja vu, autonomic sensation or emotion; commonly, but not exclusively, associated with temporal lobe epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychic tic | A gesture or exclamation made under the influence of an irresistible morbid impulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| active length-tension curve | The relationship between active isometric tension and preload (rest length) for a contracting muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anxiety tension state | A milder form of an anxiety disorder. See: anxiety disorders. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arterial tension | The pressure of the blood within an artery, the arterial pressure. Also called the intra-arterial pressure. (12 Dec 1998) |
| passive length-tension curve | The relationship between passive tension and preload (rest length) for a muscle at rest. (05 Mar 2000) |