psoric 
psoric (so'rik), <i. and . [< Or. <JM/Hn6f, itchy, 
mangy, < tyttpa, the itch, mange: see JMoro.j 
I. . Pertaining to psora or scabies. 
If the Fmric theory has leil to no proper schism, the 
r. iismi is to be found In the fnct that it Is almost without 
any influence in practice. 
Quoted in 0. W. Iloluuu'i Mod. Essays, p. 83. 
II. n. A remedy for the itch. 
psoroid (so'roid), 'a. [< Or. ^uptxM/f, ^xjpuitK, 
like the itch, < ij^m, the itch, mange, + rMor, 
form: see psora.] Similar to, or relating to, 
psora or scabies. 
psorophthalmia (so-rof-thal'mi-a), u. [NL., 
< Gr. ifiupa, the itch, mange, + 6jwa/./'a, a dis- 
ease of the eyes: see ophthalmia.'] Inflamma- 
tion of the eyelids, especially along the mar- 
gins. 
psorophthalmic (so-rof-thal'mik), a. [< i>go- 
rnphtnaliiii-a + -te.] Pertaining to or affected 
with psorophthalmia. 
psorosperm (so'ro-sperm), M. One of the pso- 
rospermiro. 
The ptorotpennt of J. MUller are the ipores of Myxo- 
sporidia. K. R. Lanltenter, Encyc. Brit., XIX. 856. 
psorospermiae (so-ro-sper'mi-e), n. pi. [NL., 
< Gr. TJuptf, itchy, ' mangy (< IIU/M, the itch, 
mange), + oirfpfia, seed.] Certain vesicular. 
usually caudate, bodies that occur as parasites 
in the bodies of various animals. Their nature 
is questionable ; some are probably embryonic 
Greyarinidx; others may be different organisms. 
psorospennial (so-ro-sper'mi-al), a. [< pxoro- 
xpermiu' + -til.} Same as pxt>ronpennic. 
psorosperraic (so-ro-sper'mik), a. [< pxoro- 
upermite + -iV.l Of the nature of psorosper- 
in in-; composed of psorospermite. 
psorous (so'rus), a. [< Gr. ^>p6f, itchy, mangy : 
see psora."] Affected by psora or the itch. 
psycnal (si'kal), . [< pnychc, 2, + -rt/.] Per- 
taining to the soul ; spiritual ; psychic. [Bare.] 
All excitement* are, through a piyehal necessity, trail- 
lent. foe, The Poetic Principle. 
psychalgia (si-kal'ji-a), . [NL., < Gr. - 
soul, + (Myoc, pain.] " The painful feeling at- 
tending mental action observed in melancholia. 
Psyche (si'ke), . [< L. Pxyclu- (in myth.), < 
Gr. V".r'A breath, spirit, life, tho spirit, soul, 
mind, etc., a 
departed spirit, 
ghost, etc., also 
a butterfly or 
moth as " the 
symbol of the 
soul, < tyxetv, 
breathe, blow.] 
1 . In classical 
myth., the per- 
sonified and 
deified soul or 
spirit, the be- 
loved of Eros, 
by whom she 
was alternately 
caressed and 
tormented, she 
was considered as 
a fair young girl, 
often with the 
wings of a butter- 
fly, and the butter- 
fly was her symbol. 
2. [/. c.] The human soul or spirit or mind. 
Psychology Is tin- science of the jMt/cAe or soul. 
Jfete Princeton Jtet., V. 272. 
3. The Kith planetoid, discovered by De Gas- 
paris at Naples in 1852. 4. In zodl. : (a) In 
Cupid (Era) and I-sychc- Cnpitoline 
Museum, Koine. 
, a genus of bombycid moths, erected by 
Schrank m 1801 (after Linnteus, 1735), anil 
typical of the family Psychidfe. They have wing- 
less females, and males with wings which scarcely reach 
beyond the tip of the abdomen. About 70 species are 
known, nearly all of which are European, one belonging 
to Australia and one to Ceylon. (ft) In ro/irlt.. a ge- 
nus of gyinuosomatous pteropods of the family 
EurybUdte. Also called Halofixyehe. 5. [J. c.] 
In nnat., the cerebrospinal nervous system: in 
Haeckel's vocabulary applied to the brain and 
spinal cord as the physiological center of the 
nervous system, in tlie activities of which he 
supposed the soul or spirit to subsist. In this 
use of the term, the psyche is divided into prohtpxyfhf 
(forebrain), drutopsitche ('tween-bmin), metmpfycht (mid- 
brain), metaptyeht (liindlirxin). rpipfi/ehe (afterbraiii, or 
medulla oblongnta\ and notopnyfhe (the spinal cord). 
6. [/. c.] A large mirror, in which the whole 
person c:in ! seen, usually hung on pivots at 
the sides, the whole being supported in a mova- 
litc frame. 
psyche-glass (si'ke-glas), H. Same as psyche, 6. 
ad 
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psycheometry (si-kc-om'.'-tri), . r< NL. 
liayrlii'imii-lrin (Wolf), irreg. < Gr. VOT, soul, 
mind, 4- -perpia, < fttrpov, measure. Cf. pgycJiom- 
etry.] The mathematical theory of mental 
phenomena. 
psychiater (si-ki'a-ter), H. (X Gr. V'-P/i soul, 
mind, + iar/xir.a physician. < taaOai, cure, heal: 
see iotric."] One who treats diseases of the 
mind ; an alienist. 
psychiatria (si-ki-a'tri-a), w. [NL.: see psy- 
chiatry.] Same as pxychiatry. 
psychiatric (si-ki-at'rik), a. [< pxychiatr-y + 
-c.] Of or pertaining to or connected with 
psychiatry. 
psychiatrical (si-ki-at'ri-kal), a. [<juiychi<itrie 
+ -/.] Same as psychiatric. Alien, and Aim- 
rol., IX. 449. 
psychiatrist (si-ki'a-trist), . [< pxychiatr-y 
+ -wf.] One who practises psychiatry; a psy- 
chiater. 
psychiatry (si-ki'a-tri), n. [< NL. psychuitrta, 
< Gr. V"OT> soul, +' iarpria, a healing, < iarpei-fiv, 
heal, < lar/wf, a healer, physician.] The treat- 
ment of mental diseases. 
psychic (si'kik), a. and . [= F. pxychique, < 
Gr. ifn'xm6f, pertaining to the soul or to life, also 
( > LL. jtsycliicus), pertaining to mere animal life, 
carnal, < V'VPA soul, life, mind: see Psyche.] I. 
a. 1. Of or belonging to the human soul or 
mind; mental; spiritual: psychological. 
A good third of our ptychic life consists In these rapid 
premonitory perspective views of schemes of thought not 
yet articulate. W. Jama, Mind, Ix. 15. 
2. Pertaining to the science of mind: opposed 
to phyxical: as, psychic force. 3. Pertaining 
to the class of extraordinary and obscure phe- 
nomena, such as thought-reading, which are 
not ordinarily treated by psychologists : as, 
psychic research. 4. Pertaining to the lower 
soul, or animal principle, and not to the spirit, 
or higher soul. 
The ptychic, or animal, man Is the natural man of this 
present age. HMi'Jhrca Sacra, X LV1. SOU. 
Psychic force, a supposed power or Influence, not physi- 
cal or mechanical, exhibiting intelligence or volition, and 
capable of causing certain so-called spiritualistic phe- 
nomena: so named by William Crookesln 1871. 
II. n. A person specially susceptible of psy- 
chic impressions, or subject to psychic force; 
a medium; a sensitive. [Recent.] 
psychical (si'ki-kal), . [<j>xychic + -al.] Same 
as psychic. 
Hence the right discussion of the nature of price Is a 
very high mrtaphysical and iwjthical problem. RvMn. 
Psychical excitation, an Idea considered as the cause 
of another idea by virtue of an association : so called to 
express the hypothesis that there is some scientific analogy 
between this phenomenon and the excitation of a periph- 
eral nerve byaphysical excitation. --Psychical research, 
experimental and observational research into alleged phe- 
nomena apparently implying a connection with another 
world, or faculties unknown to psychologists. 
psychically (si'ki-kal-i), OOP. In a psychical 
manner; with reference to the mind; in con- 
nection with or by effect upon the mind : op- 
posed to physically. 
psychics (si'kiks), n. [PI. of psychic (see -I'M).] 
The science of psychology, or the investigation 
of mind ; especially, the doctrine of those who 
reject the methods of the psychophysicists and 
favor those of the advocates of psychical re- 
search Mathematical psychics, the application of 
mathematics to the moral sciences. 
Psychidse (si'ki-de), . pi. [NL. (Boisdnval, 
1829),< Psyche, 4 (a), + -ids:} A family of bom- 
bycid moths, including forms which have case- 
bearing larvae and wingless females. It Is not a 
well-defined group, and its genera may be divided among 
several other families. As at present accepted, the family 
Is of wide distribution, and comprises about 20 genera. 
The common bag-worm of the United States, Thyridoii 
teryx tphemerttfmnit. Is a representative form. See cut 
under oaff-worm. 
psychism (si'kizm), H. [< Gr. V? 1 *'/. soul, + 
-win.] 1. The doctrine that there is a fluid dif- 
fused throughout all nature, animating equally 
all living and organized beings, and that the 
difference which appears in their actions comes 
of their particular organization. Fleming. 2. 
The character of being psychic or mental. 
There can be no question that the world-object tarnishes 
overwhelming proof of ;n/cAinn. Contemporary Rett.,L. 54. 
psychography 
Instead of the association of tnenUl atoms, we are com- 
ing to the Idea of segmentation of a piyeluMtuI, U we may 
Invent such a term. Athfiurtim, No. 3193, p. 12. 
Psychoda (si-ko'dii), M. [NL. (Latreille, 1796), 
< Gr. tyvxii, a butterfly (see Psyche), + rWor, 
form.] A genus of dipterous insects, typical of 
the family I'sychodidtr, comprising small light- 
colored flies which live as larva> in dung and 
decaying vegetation, as /'. phaltenoitles. Only 
a few species are known, two of which inhabit 
North America. 
psychodectic (sl-ko-dek'tik), a. [< Gr. ^'^- 
AainTTK, destroying the soul, < VM'A soul, + 6a"ut- 
r;/f, < 6al&iv, cleave, slay.] Soul-destroying. 
Psychodidae (si-kod'i-de), . pi. [NL. (Zetter- 
stedt, 1842), < Psychoda + -irf*-.] A small fam- 
ily of nemocerous dipterous insects, allied to the 
Tipulidte, represented in Europe by ten small 
genera, and in North America by only two spe- 
cies of the typical genus Psychoda. 
psychodometer (si-ko-dom'e-ter), . [< Gr. 
foxti, soul, mind, + <Wof, way, process, + fit- 
Tpov, measure.] An instrument for measuring 
the duration of mental processes. 
psyche-dynamic (si'ko-di-uam'ik), a. [< Gr. 
i'f'X^t soul, mind, + diva/nf, power: see dynam- 
ic.] Pertaining to psychodynamics. 
psychodynamics (si' ko-di-nam'iks), w. [PI. of 
psychoifynamic (see -ic).] The science of the 
laws of mental action. 
psycho-ethical (si-ko-eth'i-kal), . [< Gr. ^x>l, 
soul, mind, -f r/#/nof, ethical : see ethic, ethical.] 
Of or pertaining to inborn moral notions. 
psyche-genesis (si-ko-jen'e-sis), H. [NL., < Gr. 
fyi'X'l, soul, mind, + yevtoif, origin.] 1. The 
origination and development of the soul, or 
psychic organism. 
psychist (si'kist), n. [< Psi/chc (see 
2) + -isf.] One who engages in psychical re- 
search ; especially, one who holds the doc- 
trines nf psychics or of psychic force in any 
form. 
psycho-blast (si'ko-blast), . [< <ir. i"i |/;, soul, 
mind, + ; froTof, a germ.] The germ from which 
a soul is developed. 
ntrit . . . teaches that l:istlnct is organized ex- 
perience, I. e. undisciirslve Intelligence. 
0. H. Lemt, I'robs. of Life and Mind, 1. 1. 1 21. 
It interests the psychologist as an important chapter 
in the study of mind, its ptychogennrit. Science, VI. 435. 
2. Generation or reproduction by means of or 
due to the activity of the inmost life or vital- 
ity of an organism ; biogenesis referred to the 
operation of higher than vital forces. 
Specific change must be, almve all, due to the action of 
an organism's Innermost life : that is to say, It must be a 
result of a process of pnychoyenen*. 
Mivart, The Forum, VII. 102. 
psychogenetical (si'ko-je-net'i-kal), a. [< pxy- 
chogciiexix, after t/enciical.] Pertaining to the 
formation of the mind by development. 
psychogenetically (si'ko-je-neri-kal-i), adv. 
In reference to the theory of the origin of the 
mind. 
psychogeny (si-koj'e-ni), w. [< Gr. V'l'-r'/, soul, 
mind, -r -fivtia, < -jfviyc, producing: see -geny.] 
1. The development of mind. 2. The theory 
of the development of mind. 
Ptyehogeny will show us that color, heat, etc., are, from 
one point of view, both in the objects and in us. 
0. //. Laeet, I'robs. of Life and Mind, I. II. 1 82. 
psychogonic (si-ko-gon'ik), a. [< psychogon-y 
+ -ic.] Same as pgychogenetical. 
psychogonical (si-ko-gon'i-kal), a. [< nsychofi- 
oiiy + -ic-al.'] Same as pgychogenetical. 
The controversy between the p*ychnyonieat and intro- 
spective methods of studying mind. 
//. Sidgmclt, Mind, XI. 21 1. 
psychogony (si-kog'o-ni), n. [< Gr. yfjoyovia, 
the generation of the soul, < V* ) *'7 soul, mind, 
+ -yovia, < -fovof, generation : see -goy.~] The 
doctrine of the development of mind. 
Pnuchogony . . . endeavors to Interpret the genesis of 
intellectual faculties and emotional feelings In the race, 
and their slow modifications throughout countless genera- 
tions. ./. /'Mr, Cosmic I'hilos.. I. 221. 
It deals rather with ptychagony, or how mind came to be 
what it is, than with psychology, or the description of mind 
as It Is. AOierurum, No. 3069, p. 2S5. 
psychograph (si'ko-graf), . [< Gr. 1>vxi> soul, 
mind, -r ypafetv, write.] An instrument or ma- 
chine used in psychography. Several kinds are In 
list'. A common one consists of a light, freely movable 
bar or pointer pivoted on a board upon which the letters 
of the alphabet are printed in a circle, the movement of 
the pointer spelling oat words. The planchette is a kind 
of psychograph. 
psychographic (si-ko-graf'ik), a. [< psychoy- 
ni/ili-y + -ic.] Of or pertaining to psychog- 
raphy. 
psychography (si-kog'ra-fl), . [< Gr. ^vrfi, 
soul, mind, + - /noia, < ypaqietv, write.] 1. The 
natural history of mind ; the description of the 
phenomena of mind: \ branch of psychology. 
2. Supposed "spirit-writiiig" by the hainl of 
a medium ; the supposed transmission of a spir- 
it's thought in writing by the hand of a medium, 
either directly or by means of an instrument. 
