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psychogenic (adjective)
1. Originating from psychological mechanisms and not from an organic disease or disorder: "Phobias are considered to be psychogenic in origin."
2. Concerning the development of the mind: "Although psychogenic minds are usually not a result of a bodily disease; senile psychosis is regarded as organic."
2. Concerning the development of the mind: "Although psychogenic minds are usually not a result of a bodily disease; senile psychosis is regarded as organic."
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psych-, psycho-, -psyche, -psychic, -psychical, -psychically
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psychogenic nocturnal polydipsia syndrome
Emotionally induced excessive water drinking at night.
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dipso-, -dipsia, -dipsy, -dipsias +
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nocti-, noct-, nox
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poly-
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psychogenic polydipsia
Excessive fluid consumption resulting from a disorder of the personality, without any demonstrable organic lesion (pathological or traumatic discontinuity of tissue or loss of the function of a body part).
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dipso-, -dipsia, -dipsy, -dipsias +
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poly-
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psychogenic pruritus
Pruritus caused by a psychological condition.
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pruri-, prur-, prurit- +
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