ergasio-, ergasi-, ergas-, ergat-
(Greek: work)
cacergasia
The malfunctioning of the functions and reactions of the total individual in contradistinction to the functions of individual organs or parts of the human organism.
ergasia
1. The total activity or functioning of a person, encompassing both behavior and mental activity.
2. The sum of the mental, behavioral, and physiological functions and reactions that make up an individual.
2. The sum of the mental, behavioral, and physiological functions and reactions that make up an individual.
ergasiaphyte
A plant which has been introduced by mankind for purposes of cultivation.
ergasiapophyte
A plant introduced by mankind for cultivation purposes.
ergasiapophytic
A reference to plants that colonize cultivated fields.
ergasiatrics
Another term for psychiatrics.
ergasiatry
Another term for psychiatry; coined by Adolf Meyer who was a Psychiatrist Physician concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disorders of the mind including psychosis, behavioral disorders, emotional maladjustments and other mental problems.
Adolf Meyer, M.D., LL.D., (September 13, 1866 in Niederweningen, near Zurich, Switzerland - March 17, 1950), was a Swiss psychiatrist who rose to prominence as the president of the American Psychiatric Association and was one of the most influential figures in psychiatry in the first half of the twentieth century.
His focus on collecting detailed case histories on patients is the most prominent of his contributions; along with his insistence that patients could best be understood through consideration of their life situations.
ergasidermatosis, ergasiodermatosis; occupational dermatitis
Contact dermatitis caused by an allergic reaction to or an irritation from substances normally encountered in an occupation.
ergasiology
Psychology.
ergasiomania
1. A compulsion to work or to be active; a morbid need to work.
2. Undue eagerness to perform surgery.
2. Undue eagerness to perform surgery.
ergasiomaniac
Someone who has a compulsion to work.
ergasiophobia
1. An abnormal fear, or hatred, of work.
2. A pathological avoidance of work.
3. A fear of performing or functioning with any task.
2. A pathological avoidance of work.
3. A fear of performing or functioning with any task.
ergasiophobia, ergasophobia
An excessive fear or hatred of work.
It is also sometimes a reference to the fear of surgical operations.
ergasiophobic
Someone who has a pathological fear of functioning or acting generally associated with an underlying dread that if movement takes place something disastrous will happen; related to the magical feeling that what happens to oneself also happens to the environment.
The world is filled with willing people;
some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
ergasthenia
1. A condition of impairment or weakness caused by overwork.
2. Etymology: from Greek ergon, "work" + asthenos, "weakness".
2. Etymology: from Greek ergon, "work" + asthenos, "weakness".
