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Amok
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Amok A culture specific syndrome from Malay involving acute indiscriminate homicidal mania.
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Culture
Growth of cells, tissues or embryos in vitro on an artificial nutrient medium in the laboratory.
Syndrome
A grouping of signs and symptoms, based on their frequent co-occurrence, that may suggest a common underlying pathogenesis, course, familial pattern, or treatment selection.
Acute
1. Of short course. 2. Severe, but of a short duration. Not chronic.
Mania
A mental disorder. Characterized by extreme excitement and energy.
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Alogia
An impoverishment in thinking that is inferred from observing speech and language behavior. There may be brief and concrete replies to questions and restriction in the amount of spontaneous speech (poverty of speech). Sometimes the speech is adequate in amount but conveys little information because it is overconcrete, overabstract, repetitive, or stereotyped (poverty of content).
Ambivalence
The coexistence of contradictory emotions, attitudes, ideas, or desires with respect to a particular person, object, or situation. Ordinarily, the ambivalence is not fully conscious and suggests psychopathology only when present in an extreme form.
Amimia
A disorder of language characterized by an inability to make gestures or to understand the significance of gestures.
Amines
Organic compounds containing the amino group. Amines such as epinephrine and norepinephrine are significant because they function as neurotransmitters.
Amnesia
Loss of memory. Types of amnesia include: anterograde Loss of memory of events that occur after the onset of the etiological condition or agent. retrograde Loss of memory of events that occurred before the onset of the etiological condition or agent.
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Anaclitic
In psychoanalytic terminology, dependence of the infant on the mother or mother substitute for a sense of well-being. This is considered normal behavior in childhood, but pathologic in later years.
Anal stage
The period of pregenital psychosexual development, usually from 1 to 3 years, in which the child has particular interest and concern with the process of defecation and the sensations connected with the anus. The pleasurable part of the experience is termed anal eroticism.
Anamnesis
The developmental history of a patient and of his or her illness, especially recollections.
Anankastic personality
Synonym for obsessive-compulsive personality.
Anhedonia
Inability to experience pleasure from activities that usually produce pleasurable feelings. Contrast with hedonism.
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Culture
Growth of cells, tissues or embryos in vitro on an artificial nutrient medium in the laboratory.
Syndrome
A grouping of signs and symptoms, based on their frequent co-occurrence, that may suggest a common underlying pathogenesis, course, familial pattern, or treatment selection.
Acute
1. Of short course. 2. Severe, but of a short duration. Not chronic.
Mania
A mental disorder. Characterized by extreme excitement and energy.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Alogia
An impoverishment in thinking that is inferred from observing speech and language behavior. There may be brief and concrete replies to questions and restriction in the amount of spontaneous speech (poverty of speech). Sometimes the speech is adequate in amount but conveys little information because it is overconcrete, overabstract, repetitive, or stereotyped (poverty of content).
Ambivalence
The coexistence of contradictory emotions, attitudes, ideas, or desires with respect to a particular person, object, or situation. Ordinarily, the ambivalence is not fully conscious and suggests psychopathology only when present in an extreme form.
Amimia
A disorder of language characterized by an inability to make gestures or to understand the significance of gestures.
Amines
Organic compounds containing the amino group. Amines such as epinephrine and norepinephrine are significant because they function as neurotransmitters.
Amnesia
Loss of memory. Types of amnesia include: anterograde Loss of memory of events that occur after the onset of the etiological condition or agent. retrograde Loss of memory of events that occurred before the onset of the etiological condition or agent.
Amok
Anaclitic
In psychoanalytic terminology, dependence of the infant on the mother or mother substitute for a sense of well-being. This is considered normal behavior in childhood, but pathologic in later years.
Anal stage
The period of pregenital psychosexual development, usually from 1 to 3 years, in which the child has particular interest and concern with the process of defecation and the sensations connected with the anus. The pleasurable part of the experience is termed anal eroticism.
Anamnesis
The developmental history of a patient and of his or her illness, especially recollections.
Anankastic personality
Synonym for obsessive-compulsive personality.
Anhedonia
Inability to experience pleasure from activities that usually produce pleasurable feelings. Contrast with hedonism.
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