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- Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Pseudodementia. Pseudodementia is a phenotype approximated by a wide variety of underlying disorders. Data indicate that some of the disorders that can convert to a pseudodementia-like presentation include depression, schizophrenia, mania, dissociative disorders, Ganser syndrome, conversion reaction, and psychoactive drugs.
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Medical Definition of Thanatophoric dysplasia Definition of Thanatophoric dysplasia. Thanatophoric dysplasia: A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after birth.
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pseudo-forgetting Psychology ABSTRACT. A definition of the term pseudo-forgetting is presented. It is a theory related to psychology defined by American psychologist Elizabeth F. Loftus. It refers to a mental process when one attempts to recall something, but fail to do so.reation of false memory as exemplified by psychologist Jean Piaget's accounts of a kidnapping; Vulnerability of memory to `post-event information' according to memory resercaher Elizabeth Loftus; Loftus' creation of whole memories as part of...
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Denial Denial is a defense mechanism postulated by Sigmund Freud, in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may be overwhelming evidence.
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pseudopodium Medical Definition of pseudopodium. plural. pseudopodia. \-ē-ə\play. 1: a temporary protrusion or retractile process of the cytoplasm of a cell (as an amoeba or a white blood cell) that functions especially as an organ of locomotion or in taking up food or other particulate matter.
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Polydipsia Polydipsia means excessive thirst [Greek poly = much; dipsia = thirst], which is defined as drinking at least 100 mL of water per kilogram of body weight per day, which would be 7 liters per day for a 70 kg person 59.Excessive thirst developing within hours/days is usually due to dehydration.Stronger thirst continuing for a prolonged time may result from an underlying disease, such as diabetes mellitus. Polydipsia can be either the cause or result of excessive urination (polyuria) .olydipsia can be either the cause or result of excessive urination (polyuria) .
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pseudo Word Origin and History for pseudo Expand. n. late 14c., false or spurious thing; see pseudo-. As an adjective in this sense from mid-15c. In modern use, of persons, pretentious, insincere, from 1945; as a noun from 1959.
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voyeurism [voi′yəriz′əm, voiyur′izəm] Etymology: Fr, voyeur + L, ismus, practice. a psychosexual disorder in which a person derives sexual excitement and gratification from looking at the naked bodies and genital organs or observing the sexual acts of others, especially from a secret vantage point. See also compulsion.
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Pseudoword A pseudoword is a unit of speech or text that appears to be an actual word in a certain language, while in fact it has no meaning in the lexicon. It is a kind of non-lexical vocable.
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- pseudopodia definition: The definition of a pseudopodia is a temporary protrusion of the surface of an amoeboid cell for purposes of eating or moving. (noun) When the surface of an amoeba protrudes outward in order to reach food and then returns to normal,...
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- Pareidolia (/pærᵻˈdoʊliə/ parr-i-DOH-lee-ə) is a psychological phenomenon involving a stimulus (an image or a sound) wherein the mind perceives a familiar pattern of something where none actually exists.
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Overview Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) Overview. Persistent depressive disorder, also called dysthymia (dis-THIE-me-uh), is a continuous long-term (chronic) form of depression. You may lose interest in normal daily activities, feel hopeless, lack productivity, and have low self-esteem and an overall feeling of inadequacy.
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pseudoaddiction (usually uncountable, plural pseudoaddictions) (medicine) A condition resembling drug addiction but caused by underprescription of drugs to treat pain in the patient, causing them to seek more.
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Factitious disorder Definition. Factitious disorder (FD) is an umbrella category that covers a group of mental disturbances in which patients intentionally act physically or mentally ill without obvious benefits.
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insanity zoanthropy. a form of insanity or mental disorder in which the sufferer imagines that he is an animal. — zoanthropic, adj. zoopsia. a form of hallucination in which the sufferer imagines he sees animals.Also called zooscopy.oanthropy. a form of insanity or mental disorder in which the sufferer imagines that he is an animal. — zoanthropic, adj. zoopsia. a form of hallucination in which the sufferer imagines he sees animals.
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- Medical Definition of Bulimia. Bulimia: Also called bulimia nervosa. An eating disorder characterized by episodes of secretive excessive eating (binge-eating) followed by inappropriate methods of weight control, such as self-induced vomiting (purging), abuse of laxatives and diuretics, or excessive exercise. The insatiable appetite of bulimia is often interrupted by periods of anorexia.
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pareidolia Medical Definition of pareidolia. : the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful, image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern The human brain is optimized to recognize faces, which could also explain why we are so good at picking out meaningful shapes in random patterns.
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"What does the prefix ""pseudo-"" mean?" Pseudo- definition, a combining form meaning “false,” “pretended,” “unreal,” used in the formation of compound words (pseudoclassic; pseudointellectual): in scientific use, denoting close or deceptive resemblance to the following element (pseudobulb; pseudocarp), and used sometimes in chemical names of isomers (pseudoephedrine).
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- Factitious disorder by proxy (FDP) is synonymous with Munchhausen syndrome by proxy and is not a somatoform disorder. It is a form of child abuse in which a parent (usually the mother) fabricates or produces illness in a child and/or creates physical signs that persistently result in unnecessary medical treatment.
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Pareidolia Pareidolia (/ p ær ɪ ˈ d oʊ l i ə / parr-i-DOH-lee-ə) is a psychological phenomenon in which the mind responds to a stimulus, usually an image or a sound, by perceiving a familiar pattern where none exists (e.g. in random data).
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Definitions &Translations Polydipsia is a non-medical symptom in which the patient displays excessive thirst. The word derives from the Greek πολυδιψία, which is derived from πολύς + δίψα. An etymologically related term is dipsomaniac, meaning an alcoholic.
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How common is depressive pseudodementia? Looking back on 30 years of practice, I think that every pseudodementia I've ever encountered was really an early dementia. At our Memory Clinic, we now consider depression, particularly when it is a first life-time depression, to be an early symptom of dementia.
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coprophilia Medical Definition of coprophilia. : marked interest in excrement; especially : the use of feces or filth for sexual excitement.
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Pseudohyponatremia Definition and Causes Pseudohyponatremia is a false result of certain older tests (flame-emission spectrophotometry and indirect potentiometry I-ISE) that measure sodium levels in the whole serum (aqueous and nonaqueus phase).
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- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A factitious disorder is a condition in which a person acts as if they have an illness by deliberately producing, feigning, or exaggerating symptoms. Factitious disorder imposed on another is a condition in which a person deliberately produces, feigns, or exaggerates symptoms in a person in their care.
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False pregnancy The symptoms of pseudocyesis are similar to the symptoms of true pregnancy and are often hard to distinguish from it. Such natural signs as amenorrhoea, morning sickness, tender breasts, and weight gain may all be present. Many health care professionals can be deceived by the symptoms associated with pseudocyesis.