| psychic determinism | In psychoanalysis, the concept that all psychological and behavioural phenomena result from antecedent, unconsciously operating causes. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| psychical | 1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man. This term was formerly used to express the same idea as psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have employed it to mark the difference between psychh the living principle in man, and pney^ma the rational or spiritual part of his nature. In this use, the word describes the human soul in its relation to sense, appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished from spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do with the supersensible world. 2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and diseases; mental; contrasted with physical. <medicine> Psychical blindness, Psychical deafness, forms of nervous disease in which, while the senses of sight and hearing remain unimpaired, the mind fails to appreciate the significance of the sounds heard or the images seen. Psychical contagion, the transference of disease, especially of a functional nervous disease, by mere force of example. Psychical medicine, that department of medicine which treats of mental diseases. Origin: L. Psychicus, Gr, fr. The soul, mind; cf. To blow: cf. F. Psychique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| psychism | <philosophy> The doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universally diffused, end equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations. Origin: Cf. F. Psychisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| psycho- | <prefix> A combining form from Gr. The soul, the mind, the understanding; as, psychology. (29 Oct 1998) |
| psycho-oncology | The psychological aspects of the treatment and management of the patient with cancer; it combines elements of psychiatry, psychology, and medicine with special concern for the psychosocial needs of the patient and his/her family. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychoacoustics | The science pertaining to the interrelationship of psychologic phenomena and the individual's response to the physical properties of sound. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychoactive | Possessing the ability to alter mood, anxiety, behaviour, cognitive processes, or mental tension; usually applied to pharmacologic agents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychoallergy | A sensitization to emotionally charged symbols. (05 Mar 2000) |