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| confabulate |
in psychiatry, to substitute fantasy for fact in the memory. [1/2 definitions] |
| confabulation |
in psychiatry, the substitution of fantasy for fact in the memory. [1/2 definitions] |
| electroshock therapy |
in psychiatry, a form of therapy in which electrical currents are passed through the brain. |
| hypochondriasis |
in medicine or psychiatry, the preferred term for hypochondria. |
| mythomania |
in psychiatry, an abnormal compulsion to exaggerate or lie. |
| paramnesia |
in psychiatry, a distortion of memory in which factual and imagined events become confused. |
| psyche |
in psychiatry, the mental makeup of a person. [1/3 definitions] |
| shut-in |
in psychiatry, excessively inclined to avoid other people. [1/3 definitions] |
| suppression |
in psychiatry, the act of keeping painful or difficult thoughts or emotions from one's conscious awareness. [1/2 definitions] |
| Thanatos |
(often l.c.) in psychiatry, an instinct or impulse to seek peace in nonexistence, often manifested in aggressive behavior; death instinct. [1/2 definitions] |
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