The scientific study of the mind and how it influences behaviour.
psych+ology
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
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psych
mind; soul
Related forms: psych · 17 words in this dictionary
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Shared components, not spelling prefixesA doctor who is trained to treat people with mental illnesses.
psych+iatr+ist
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
Relating to the mind or mental processes.
psych+olog+ical
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
A person who is mentally unstable, aggressive, and frightening, especially one who is considered to be insane or psychotic.
psych+o
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
To subject someone to psychological analysis or to make them feel uneasy or intimidated by using psychological insight.
psych
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
Relating to abilities or phenomena that are beyond physical or natural explanation, such as mind-reading or foreseeing the future.
psych+ic
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
Relating to phenomena or abilities that seem to be beyond physical or scientific explanation, such as telepathy or clairvoyance.
psych+ical
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
A severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.
psych+osis
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
Relating to or suffering from a severe mental disorder that involves a loss of contact with reality, often with hallucinations or delusions.
psych+otic
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
The branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness.
psych+iatry
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
Relating to mental illness or its treatment.
psych+iatric
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
In a way that relates to the mind or spirit, especially to phenomena beyond normal physical explanation.
psych+ic+ally
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
Not relating to or concerned with the branch of medicine dealing with mental illness.
non+psych+iatric
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
The branch of medicine that deals with the relationship between brain function and mental processes, and the treatment of disorders involving both neurological and psychiatric aspects.
neuro+psych+iatry
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
In a manner relating to psychiatry or to the treatment of mental illness.
psych+iatric+ally
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
In a way that relates to the mind, mental processes, or emotions.
psych+olog+ical+ly
Shared component: psych · mind; soul
Relating to or involving both neurology and psychiatry; concerning disorders with both neurological and psychiatric features.
neuro+psych+iatric
Shared component: psych · mind; soul