psych-, psycho-, -psyche, -psychic, -psychical, -psychically + (Greek: mind, spirit, consciousness; mental processes; the human soul; breath of life)
A prefix that is normally used with elements of Greek origin, psych- affects the meanings of hundreds of words.
Etymologically, this element includes such meanings as, breath, to breathe, life, soul, spirit, mind, consciousness; and literally, "that which breathes".
psychotropic
1. Capable of affecting the mind, emotions, and behavior; denoting drugs used in the treatment of mental illnesses.
2. Denoting any substance that affects psychic function or behavior; such as, psychotropic drug which includes tranquilizers, sedatives, and antidepressants.
psychovisual
A reference to psychological factors associated with vision; such as, the emotive connotations of particular colors, and to the center in the brain associated with such processes.
psychovital
Pertaining to the mind as it is connected with life.
psychozoic
Of or belonging to the geological period of living creatures having souls or minds; that is, the human period.
psychurgy
The mind at work; mental function or activity.
puerperal psychosis
A psychiatric disorder that may affect women in the first two weeks after giving birth. It may be depressive or schizophrenic and may involve false ideas concerning the baby.
somatopsychic
1. Relating to the body-mind relationship; the study of the effects of the body upon the mind, as opposed to psychosomatic, which is mind on body.
2. Relating to the relationship between the body and the mind.
3. Relating to the study of the effects of the body upon the mind.
somatopsychosis
An emotional disorder associated with an organic disease.
tachypsychia
Abnormally rapid action of psychological processes.
theopsychism
Ascription (declaration) of a divine nature to the soul.
thymopsyche
Made up of affective processes (feeling tone accompaniment of ideas or mental representations).
zoopsychology
1. A branch of psychology that studies animal behavior.
2. The behavior and mental processes of animals; animal psychology.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "mind, mental" word units:
anima-;
anxi-;
deliri-;
hallucina-;
menti-;
moro-;
noo-;
nous;
phreno-;
thymo-2.
Word units related to breath and breathe:
hal-;
pneo-;
pneumato-;
pneumo-;
spiro.
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