Category: P
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Psychograph
A chart that lists personality traits.
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Psychogeusic
To perception of taste.
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Psychogalvanometer
A device for determining the changes in the electrical resistance of the skin in response to emotional stimuli.
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Psychoeducation
A means of providing patients with psychiatric illnesses with the skills to comanage their illnesses. These skills include improving adherence to treatment regimens, managing stressful events and symptom relapses, enhancing social and familial integration and unity, and decreasing the need for hospitalization.
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Psychodidae
A family of the order Diptera, characterized by minute size, long legs, and hairy bodies and wings. It includes moth flies, owl midges, and sandflies.
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Psychodiagnostics
The use of psychological testing as an aid in diagnosing mental disorders.
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Psychodiagnosis
The use of psychological tests to assist in diagnosing diseases, especially mental illness.
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Psychocortical
To the cerebral cortex as the seat of sensory, motor, and psychic functions. Related to the brain’s cortex as the center of thought.
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Psychochrome
Color impression resulting from sensory stimulation of a part other than the visual organ.
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Psychoanaleptic
Having a stimulating effect on the mind.