| psychogalvanic reaction | A change in electrical resistance of the skin, occurring in emotion and in certain other conditions. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| psychogalvanic reflex | A change in electrical resistance of the skin, occurring in emotion and in certain other conditions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychogalvanic response | A change in electrical resistance of the skin, occurring in emotion and in certain other conditions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychogalvanometer | A galvanometer that records changes in skin resistance related to emotional stress. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogender | The attitudes adopted by an individual related to his or her personal identification as either a male or a female. See: gender role. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenesis | Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to natural selection. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| psychogenic | <psychology> Produced or caused by psychic or mental factors rather than organic factors. Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce (18 Nov 1997) |
| psychogenic deafness | Hearing loss without evidence of organic cause or malingering; often follows severe psychic shock. Synonym: functional deafness, hysterical deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenic nocturnal polydipsia | See: psychogenic nocturnal polydipsia syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenic nocturnal polydipsia syndrome | <syndrome> Emotionally induced excessive water drinking at night. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenic pain | Somatoform pain; pain which is associated or correlated with a psychological, emotional, or behavioural stimulus. Synonym: psychalgia, somatoform pain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenic pain disorder | A disorder in which the principal complaint is pain that is out of proportion to objective findings and that is related to psychological factors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenic polydipsia | Excessive fluid consumption resulting from a disorder of the personality, without demonstrable organic lesion. Synonym: hysterical polydipsia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenic purpura | <syndrome> A condition, usually occurring in women, in which the individual bruises easily (purpura simplex) and the ecchymoses tend to enlarge and involve adjacent tissues, resulting in pain in the affected parts; so-called because similar lesions are produced by inoculation of the individual's blood or various components of red blood cells and it is thought to be a form of localised autosensitization, although no specific antibodies have been demonstrable; in some individuals, there seems to be a psychogenic mechanism. Synonym: Gardner-Diamond syndrome, psychogenic purpura. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenic seizure | A clinical spell that resembles an epileptic seizure, but is not due to epilepsy. The EEG is normal during an attack, and the behaviour is often related to psychiatric disturbance, such as a conversion disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |