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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>PSYCHOMI</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="psychometric"> psychometric, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having to do with psychometry. <DD> 2. of the nature of psychometry. adv. psychometrically. </DL> <A NAME="psychometrical"> psychometrical, adjective. =psychometric.</DL> <A NAME="psychometrician"> psychometrician, noun. =psychometrist.</DL> <A NAME="psychometrics"> psychometrics, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the measurement of mental facts and relations; psychometry. </DL> <A NAME="psychometrist"> psychometrist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person skilled in psychometry. <DD> 2. a person supposed to possess the faculty of psychometry. </DL> <A NAME="psychometrize"> psychometrize, transitive verb, -trized, -trizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to practice the art of psychometry upon (an object). </DL> <A NAME="psychometry"> psychometry, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the measurement of mental facts and relations. <DD> 2. the alleged art or power of divining facts about an object or its owner through contact with it or proximity to it. </DL> <A NAME="psychomimetic"> psychomimetic, adjective, noun. =psychotomimetic.</DL> <A NAME="psychomotor"> psychomotor, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with muscular activity directly related to or coming from mental processes. Ex. In latent epilepsy, usually called ... psychomotor epilepsy by doctors, the person goes into a trance (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="psychoneurosis"> psychoneurosis, noun, pl. -ses.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mental disorder with physical symptoms but without apparent organic disease. Ex. In both the actual neuroses and the psychoneuroses the symptoms proceed from the libido (Sigmund Freud). </DL> <A NAME="psychoneurotic"> psychoneurotic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with psychoneurosis. <DD> 2. =neurotic. <DD>noun a person suffering from psychoneurosis. </DL> <A NAME="psychonomic"> psychonomic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with psychonomics. </DL> <A NAME="psychonomics"> psychonomics, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of psychology that deals with the laws of mental action, especially the relations of the individual mind to its environment. </DL> <A NAME="psychopath"> psychopath, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who is mentally ill or unstable. <DD> 2. a person having a disorder of personality characterized by antisocial behavior, indifference to morality, and abnormal changes in mood and activity. </DL> <A NAME="psychopathic"> psychopathic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with mental disorders. <DD> 2. having a mental disorder. <DD> 3. of or characteristic of a psychopath. <DD> 4. likely to become insane. <DD>noun =psychopath. adv. psychopathically. </DL> <A NAME="psychopathologic"> psychopathologic, adjective. =psychopathological.</DL> <A NAME="psychopathological"> psychopathological, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with psychopathology. Ex. psychopathological symptoms. adv. psychopathologically. </DL> <A NAME="psychopathologist"> psychopathologist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in psychopathology. </DL> <A NAME="psychopathology"> psychopathology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science of mental disorders; abnormal psychology. </DL> <A NAME="psychopathy"> psychopathy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. mental disease or disorder. <DD> 2. the treatment of disease by psychic means. </DL> <A NAME="psychopharmaceutical"> psychopharmaceutical, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a psychoactive drug. </DL> <A NAME="psychopharmacological"> psychopharmacological, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with psychopharmacology. </DL> <A NAME="psychopharmacologist"> psychopharmacologist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies psychopharmacology. </DL> <A NAME="psychopharmacology"> psychopharmacology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs on mental disturbances. </DL> <A NAME="psychophysical"> psychophysical, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with psychophysics. Ex. The psychophysical methods ... generally aim to connect stimulus and response, or stimulus and sensation (F. H. George). adv. psychophysically. </DL> <A NAME="psychophysicist"> psychophysicist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies psychophysics. </DL> <A NAME="psychophysics"> psychophysics, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of psychology that deals with the physical relations of mental phenomena, especially the relations between physical stimuli and sensations. </DL> <A NAME="psychophysiologic"> psychophysiologic, adjective. =psychophysiological.</DL> <A NAME="psychophysiological"> psychophysiological, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with psychophysiology. </DL> <A NAME="psychophysiologist"> psychophysiologist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies psychophysiology. </DL> <A NAME="psychophysiology"> psychophysiology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of physiology which deals with mental phenomena. </DL> <A NAME="psychopomp"> psychopomp, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek and Roman Mythology.) a conductor of souls to the place of the dead, especially Charon, Hermes, or Apollo. </DL> <A NAME="psychoprophylactic"> psychoprophylactic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with psychoprophylaxis. Ex. A fair slice of the population explosion has been born via the psychoprophylactic method (Maclean's). </DL> <A NAME="psychoprophylaxis"> psychoprophylaxis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a method of preparing women for natural childbirth by psychological conditioning. Ex. A gynaecologist once pointed out ... that a fundamental difference in approach to tasks--any tasks--may be one reason among many others why "psychoprophylaxis" works so well for some women in childbirth and so badly for others (Manchester Guardian Weekly). </DL> <A NAME="psychosensory"> psychosensory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with percepts or impulses that do not originate in the sense organs. </DL> <A NAME="psychosexual"> psychosexual, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the psychological aspects of sex or both the mental and sexual processes. Ex. psychosexual development, growth, or maturity. adv. psychosexually. </DL> <A NAME="psychosexuality"> psychosexuality, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> psychosexual character, quality, or condition. </DL> <A NAME="psychosis"> psychosis, noun, pl. -ses.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any severe form of mental disturbance or disease which may also be associated with physical disease, and which produces deep and far-reaching disruption of normal behavior and social functioning. Ex. Alcoholism may be a symptom of ... psychosis, or may bring to notice an already existing psychosis (Strecker, Ebaugh, and Ewalt). <DD> 2. =insanity. </DL> <A NAME="psychosocial"> psychosocial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the interrelationship of psychological and social processes, disciplines, and services. Ex. a psychosocial study, psychosocial assistance. adv. psychosocially. </DL> <A NAME="psychosociological"> psychosociological, adjective. =psychosocial.</DL> <A NAME="psychosociology"> psychosociology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a study involving both psychology and sociology. <DD> 2. psychosocial facts, properties, or phenomena. noun psychosociologist. </DL> <A NAME="psychosomatic"> psychosomatic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of, having to do with, or caused by the interaction of mind and body, especially in the development of bodily disorders related to mental or emotional disturbances. Ex. This is part of the growing belief of the psychosomatic (mind-body) experts that high blood pressure ... [is] aided and abetted by upset emotions (Marguerite Clark). <DD>noun a person having or showing a psychosomatic disorder. adv. psychosomatically. </DL> <A NAME="psychosomaticmedicine"> psychosomatic medicine,<DL COMPACT><DD> the use of the methods and principles of psychology in the treatment of physical ailments. </DL> <A NAME="psychosomatics"> psychosomatics, noun. =psychosomatic medicine.</DL> <A NAME="psychosomatry"> psychosomatry, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the interaction of the mind and body. </DL> <A NAME="psychosurgeon"> psychosurgeon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a doctor who performs psychosurgery. </DL> <A NAME="psychosurgery"> psychosurgery, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> brain surgery used in the treatment of certain psychoses. </DL> <A NAME="psychosurgical"> psychosurgical, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> or or having to do with psychosurgery. Ex. the psychosurgical procedure of prefrontal lobotomy. </DL> <A NAME="psychotechnology"> psychotechnology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a branch of technology that deals with the application of psychology as a guide in handling practical problems. </DL> <A NAME="psychotherapeutic"> psychotherapeutic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> mentally healing. adv. psychotherapeutically. </DL> <A NAME="psychotherapeutics"> psychotherapeutics, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the scientific basis of psychotherapy. </DL> <A NAME="psychotherapeutist"> psychotherapeutist, noun. =psychotherapist.</DL> <A NAME="psychotherapist"> psychotherapist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person, such as a psychiatrist or psychoanalyst, who practices psychotherapy. </DL> <A NAME="psychotherapy"> psychotherapy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the treatment of mental or emotional disorders by psychological means, especially those involving intercommunication, as by psychoanalysis. </DL> <A NAME="psychotic"> psychotic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. having a psychosis; insane. Ex. How absurd, I never heard of Communism, this is a witch hunt, my accuser is psychotic (Eric Bentley). <DD> 2. of, having to do with, or caused by a psychosis. <DD>noun a psychotic person. Ex. For the most part psychotics are aware of their disturbance--either because it itself makes them suffer or because others make them suffer for it (Harper's). adv. psychotically. </DL> <A HREF="psychoto.dic">NEXT</A>