See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Psychic(health)
psychic(dictionary)
psychic tic(medicine)
Psychic(medicine)
psychic impotence(medicine)
psychic inertia(medicine)
psychic overtone(medicine)
psychic seizure(medicine)
psychic force(medicine)

gold compound (medicine) and psychic (iou)


gold compound (medicine)


gold compound
<pharmacology> A group of medications which act to suppress inflammation in synovial tissue.

Examples include gold sodium thiomalate, auranofin and aurothioglucose. These medications are indicated in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, Felty's syndrome and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.


psychic (iou)



psychic noun & adjective. E19.
[Greek psukhikos of the mind or soul, from psukhe PSYCHE noun1: see -IC.]
A. noun.
1. a. In pl. (treated as sing.). Formerly, psychology. Now, psychical research. E19.
b. A person who is regarded as particularly susceptible to supernatural or Paranormal influence; a medium, a clairvoyant. L19.
c. The realm or sphere of psychical phenomena. E20.
2. Bridge. A psychic bid. M20.
B. adjective.
1. = PSYCHICAL adjective 3. M19.
b. Involving or (esp. of a person) regarded as susceptible to supernatural or Paranormal influence; having Paranormal powers, clairvoyant. E20.
N. Coward I've got second sight over certain things. I'm almost psychic.
2. Christian Theology. Pertaining to the natural or animal soul, as distinct from the spirit. M19.
3. Of or pertaining to the human mind or psyche; spiritual, psychological, mental. Also in Medicine (now rare), psychogenic. L19.
psychic energizer Medicine an antidepressant drug, esp. one effective against psychotic states. psychic income Economics the non-monetary or non-material satisfactions that accompany an occupation or economic activity.
D. Cupitt God is the Self, the..unified personality towards which our psychic life tends.
4. Bridge. Of a bid, bidder, or bidding: deliberately misrepresenting the player's hand so as to deceive the opponents. M20.
psychicist noun a psychical researcher L19.