Words from Medicine and Psychology

Dr. Ravi P. Reddy (India)
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  1. abulia
    a loss of will power
  2. alienation
    the act of causing someone to become unfriendly or hostile
  3. amentia
    extreme mental retardation
  4. amnesia
    partial or total loss of memory
  5. analgesic
    capable of relieving pain
  6. anemia
    a deficiency of red blood cells
  7. anesthesia
    loss of bodily sensation
  8. anorexia
    a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
  9. antiseptic
    thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms
  10. aphasia
    inability to use language because of a brain lesion
  11. apoplexy
    a loss of consciousness from the lack of oxygen in the brain
  12. aseptic
    free of pathological microorganisms
  13. asphyxia
    a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas
  14. behaviorism
    an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
  15. bulimia
    a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting
  16. carcinogenic
    causing or tending to cause cancer
  17. catatonic
    characterized by unresponsiveness or lack of movement
  18. complex
    a combination of emotions and impulses influencing behavior
  19. delirium
    a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion
  20. dyslexia
    impaired ability to learn to read
  21. dyspepsia
    a digestive disorder characterized by heartburn or nausea
  22. ego
    your consciousness of your own identity
  23. emetic
    a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
  24. fixation
    an unhealthy preoccupation with something or someone
  25. fugue
    dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are
  26. id
    primitive instincts and energies underlying psychic activity
  27. imago
    an idealized image of someone formed in childhood
  28. inhibition
    process whereby nerves prevent the functioning of an organ
  29. libido
    (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire
  30. myopia
    eyesight abnormality in which distant objects appear blurred
  31. neurosis
    a mental illness that makes you behave in an unusual way
  32. paranoia
    a mental disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
  33. paregoric
    medicine used to treat diarrhea
  34. persona
    an image of oneself that one presents to the world
  35. projection
    a defense mechanism attributing traits to someone else
  36. prophylactic
    preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
  37. psychopathic
    suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
  38. psychosomatic
    used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
  39. psychotic
    characteristic of or suffering from a severe mental disorder
  40. schizophrenia
    a psychotic disorder characterized by distortions of reality
  41. septic
    of or relating to or caused by the process of decay
  42. subliminal
    below the threshold of conscious perception
  43. superego
    that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience
  44. therapeutic
    tending to cure or restore to health
Created on Wed Feb 13 09:21:15 EST 2013

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