pali-; palim-, palin- +

(Greek > Latin: recurrence, repetitious; back, backward, again; returning, repeating)


palindromist
A writer or inventor of palindromes.
palinesthesia
1. The rapid termination of the anesthetic state and the restoration to consciousness of a person under general anesthesia: it may be induced by the injection of weak hydrochloric acid; now discontinued because it is ineffective and harmful.
2. The rapid termination of the anesthetic state and the restoration to consciousness of a person under general anesthesia.
palingenesis, palingenesy
1. Spiritual rebirth by means of baptism.
2. Regeneration, birth over again; revival, re-animation, resuscitation.
3. In medicine, the regeneration or restoration of a lost part.
4. The appearance of ancestral characters in successive generations.
palingenetic
Of or belonging to, or of the nature of palingenesis.
palingraphia
Pathologic repetition of letters, words, or parts of words in writing.
palinmnesia
Memory for past events or experiences.
palinode
An ode or song in which the author retracts something said in a former poem; hence generally a recantation.
palinodial
Of the nature of a recantation.
palinodic
Applied to verse in which two systems of corresponding form, as a strophe and antistrophe, are separated by two others also of corresponding form but different from the former.
palinodist
The author of a palinode.
palinoia
Neurosis marked by repetition of an act without purpose.
palinopsia
1. In medicine, the pathologic continuance or recurrence of a visual sensation after the stimulus is gone.
2. Abnormal recurring visual hallucinations.
palinosis
Neurotic repetition.
palinphrasia, paliphrasia
1. In speech, involuntary repetition of words, phrases, or sentences.
2. A dysphasia involving the repetition of words or phrases.
palinspastic
Of a map or the like: representing layers of rock as returned to their supposed former positions.

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