rampage violent disorder | violently angry and destructive behavior |
creating by mental acts | the act of creating something by thinking |
mental measurement | a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functions |
test mental test mental testing psychometric test | any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc, the test was standardized on a large sample of students |
mental hospital psychiatric hospital mental institution institution mental home insane asylum asylum | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
mental age | the level of intellectual development as measured by an intelligence test |
brain brainpower learning ability mental capacity mentality wit | mental ability, he's got plenty of brains but no common sense |
mental quickness quickness quick-wittedness | intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay |
nimbleness mental dexterity | intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind, nimbleness of wit and imagination |
capacity mental ability | the power to learn or retain knowledge, in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior |
block mental block | an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do, often caused by emotional tension, I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block |
retardation mental retardation backwardness slowness subnormality | lack of normal development of intellectual capacities |
abnormality mental defectiveness | retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence |
moronity mental deficiency | mild mental retardation |
faculty mental faculty module | one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind |
vocabulary lexicon mental lexicon | a language user's knowledge of words |
confusion mental confusion confusedness muddiness disarray | a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior, a confusion of impressions |
mental reservation reservation arriere pensee | an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly |
incredulity disbelief skepticism mental rejection | doubt about the truth of something |
process cognitive process mental process operation cognitive operation | (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity, an operation that affects mental contents, the process of thinking, the cognitive operation of remembering |
mental note | special attention with intent to remember, he made a mental note to send her flowers |
imagination imaging imagery mental imagery | the ability to form mental images of things or events, he could still hear her in his imagination |
construction mental synthesis | the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
content cognitive content mental object | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
representation mental representation internal representation | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image |
image mental image | an iconic mental representation, her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate |
mental picture picture impression | a clear and telling mental image, he described his mental picture of his assailant, he had no clear picture of himself or his world, the events left a permanent impression in his mind |
psychotherapy psychotherapeutics mental hygiene | the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods |
attitude mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways, he had the attitude that work was fun |
mental anguish | sustained dull painful emotion |
psychic energy mental energy | an actuating force or factor |
neurotic psychoneurotic mental case | a person suffering from neurosis |
telepathist thoughteader mental telepathist mind reader | someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly |
disorder | a disturbance of the peace or of public order |
immunological disorder | a disorder of the immune system |
mental exhaustion brain-fag | exhaustion that affects mental keenness |
sleep terror disorder pavor nocturnus | a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare, they occur during NREM sleep |
disorder upset | a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning, the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder, everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time |
functional disorder | disorder showing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified |
organic disorder | disorder caused by a detectable physiological or structural change in an organ |
acute brain disorder acute organic brain syndrome | any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection) |
eating disorder | a disorder of the normal eating routine |
attention deficit disorder ADD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD hyperkinetic syndrome minimal brain dysfunction minimal brain damage MBD | a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders |
bladder disorder | a disorder of the urinary bladder |
degenerative disorder | condition leading to progressive loss of function |
glandular disease gland disease glandular disorder adenosis | a disorder of the glands of the body |
learning disorder learning disability | a disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skills |
food poisoning gastrointestinal disorder | illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food |
idiopathic disease idiopathic disorder idiopathy | any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause |
monogenic disorder monogenic disease | an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes |