Category: P

A group of veins and sinuses which join together behind the cheek.  

A small flat bony projection on the pterygoid process. Either of a pair of thin, bony processes that arise from the sphenoid bone. They are termed medial and lateral pterygoid plates on each side, serve to bound the infratemporal fossa, and give origin to muscles of mastication.  

The point on the side of the skull where the frontal, temporal parietal and sphenoid bones meet. Point of suture of frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid bones. The point where the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid bones of the skull meet.  

Referring to psychosis. Characterised by mental disorder. Adjective describing psychosis or noun referring to someone with a psychosis.  

Referring to psychosurgery.  

Relating to the interaction of psychological and social factors. The term that encapsulates the emotional and social dimensions of psychological disorders is “psychosocial.” It encompasses the interplay between psychological and social factors, including emotions, relationships, and societal influences, which contribute to the development, manifestation, and impact of various mental health conditions. Within the realm of…

Referring to psychopathology.  

Any of a group of mental disorders in which a person has a faulty response to the stresses of life. An obsolete term used by Sigmund Freud to describe emotional disorders in which unconscious emotional conflicts originating in childhood overwhelm the individual’s mechanisms for defending the ego against them. The resulting anxiety expresses itself as…

Muscle movements caused by a mental disorder, e.g. twitching.  

A way of measuring intelligence and personality in which the result is shown as a number on a scale. Measurement of individual differences in psychological functions, such as intelligence, by means of standardized tests. The measurement of individual differences in psychological functions (such as intelligence and personality) by means of standardized tests. The use of…