Nouns starting with P

• psychometrics — Noun – English ～ any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
• psychometrika — Noun – English ～ any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
• psychometry — Noun – English ～ any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
• psychomotor epilepsy — Noun – English ～ epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of consciousness and amnesia for the episode; often involves purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes hallucinations
• psychomotor development — Noun – English ～ progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities
• psychoneurosis — Noun – English ～ a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
• psychoneurotic — Noun – English ～ a person suffering from neurosis
• psychonomics — Noun – English ～ the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues
• psychopath — Noun – English ～ someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
• psychopathic personality — Noun – English ～ a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)
• psychopathology — Noun – English ～ the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
• psychopathology — Noun – English ～ the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
• psychopathy — Noun – English ～ any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
• psychopharmacology — Noun – English ～ the study of drugs that affect the mind
• psychophysicist — Noun – English ～ a psychologist trained in psychophysics
• psychophysics — Noun – English ～ the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects
• psychophysiology — Noun – English ～ the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes
• psychopomp — Noun – English ～ a conductor of souls to the afterworld; "Hermes was their psychopomp"
• Psychopsis krameriana — Noun – English ～ orchid of South and Central America having flowers similar to but smaller than Psychopsis papilio; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium
• Psychopsis papilio — Noun – English ～ orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium

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