phreno-, phren-, phreni-, phrenico-, phrenic-, -phrenia, -phrenic, -phrenically
(Greek: mind, brain; the midriff or the diaphragm; mental disorder)
hyperphrenia
1. Excessive mental activity, such as that which occurs in the manic phase of manic-depressive psychosis or in the severe preoccupations associated with the psychoneuroses.
2. Intellectual capacity far above the average.
hypnophrenosis
Any kind of sleep disturbance.
ideophrenia
idiophrenia
1. A form of insanity that is caused by disease of the brain itself; organic brain disease.
2. Originating in one’s own mind; psychogenic; delirium.
idiophrenic
Relating to, or originating in, the mind or brain alone, not reflex or secondary.
kolyphrenia
logophrenia
Preoccupation with thoughts about a particular word.
malneirophrenia
In a state of depression following a nightmare.
nosocomephrenia
1. Hospital melancholia, depression from a prolonged hospital stay.
2. Mental depression observed in patients confined to a hospital for a long time.
oligologia, oligophasia, oligolalia
A scarcity of words that is a condition in which a person says, or writes, fewer words than might normally be expected; given his/her personality, education, and the specific circumstances.
oligophrenia
1. Less than normal mental development.
2. Mental retardation; subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period and is associated with impairment of one or more of the following: maturation, learning, social adjustment.
oligophrenic
A reference to mental retardation.
oneirophrenia
1. A state in which hallucinations occur, caused by such conditions as prolonged deprivation of sleep, sensory isolation, and a variety of drugs.
2. A form of schizophrenia characterized by a clouding of the consciousness.
Some psychiatrists consider oneirophrenia to be an acute form of schizophrenia.
orthophrenia
1. Soundness of mind.
2. A condition of normal interpersonal relationships.
paraphrenesis
Delirium.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "mind, mental" word units:
anima-;
anxi-;
deliri-;
hallucina-;
menti-;
moro-;
noo-;
nous;
psych-;
thymo-2.
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