Biology
- Mania
?????/mania (=combining form meaning passion, forse, mania, enthusiasm, frenzy) > ?????/menos(=life, vigor) In Psychology mania is defined as the state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood in a period of time of seven or more days, where...
- Neurosis
Term: neurosis Literally meaning: ?process to nerve disorder? Origin: Anc Greek??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut) > (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.+(-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting...
- Psychedelic
Term: psychedelic Literally meaning: ?revealing soul or mind manifesting? Origin: Anc Greek?????-?/deloo(="make visible, reveal, manifest) > ?????/delos(=visible, clear)+ ????/psichi>????/psicho(=blow, breath). A psyche in mythology means a butterfly...
- Schizophrenia
Term: Schizophrenia Origin: Greek from ???????/skhizein (=to split) + ????/phren (= mind) meaning "split mind". Coined: The name coined by Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939), a Swiss psychiatrist in 1911, from the early observation that the illness...
- Psyche And Combining Form Psycho-
Term: psyche and combining form psycho- Origin: Anc Greek ????/psixhi > ????/psicho (= blow, breath). A psyche in Greek mythology means a butterfly Coined: - Definition: the soul, spirit, breath, life. The ability of a human being for thoughts,...
Biology
psychosis
Term: psychosis
Literally meaning:
Origin: Anc Greek
????/psixhi > ????/psicho (= blow, breath). A psyche in mythology means a butterfly or the soul, spirit, breath and life.
+(-????)/-osis(=suffic denoting process)
Coined/History
The word ''psychosis'' was first used by Ernst von Feuchtersleben in 1845 as an alternative to insanity and mania which affected the personality as a whole. The word was used to distinguish disorders which were thought to be disorders of the mind, as opposed to "neurosis", which was thought to stem from a disorder of the nervous system.
Definition
Psychosis is a generic psychiatric term describing the loss of contact with reality.
- Mania
?????/mania (=combining form meaning passion, forse, mania, enthusiasm, frenzy) > ?????/menos(=life, vigor) In Psychology mania is defined as the state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood in a period of time of seven or more days, where...
- Neurosis
Term: neurosis Literally meaning: ?process to nerve disorder? Origin: Anc Greek??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut) > (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.+(-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting...
- Psychedelic
Term: psychedelic Literally meaning: ?revealing soul or mind manifesting? Origin: Anc Greek?????-?/deloo(="make visible, reveal, manifest) > ?????/delos(=visible, clear)+ ????/psichi>????/psicho(=blow, breath). A psyche in mythology means a butterfly...
- Schizophrenia
Term: Schizophrenia Origin: Greek from ???????/skhizein (=to split) + ????/phren (= mind) meaning "split mind". Coined: The name coined by Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939), a Swiss psychiatrist in 1911, from the early observation that the illness...
- Psyche And Combining Form Psycho-
Term: psyche and combining form psycho- Origin: Anc Greek ????/psixhi > ????/psicho (= blow, breath). A psyche in Greek mythology means a butterfly Coined: - Definition: the soul, spirit, breath, life. The ability of a human being for thoughts,...