(botany) A small motile spore furnished with two vibratile cilia, found in certain green algae.
percussionize
processionize
psychometrize
psychometrize
verb
(parapsychology) To discover information about an object's past, or past owners, merely by handling it.
schizophrenia
schizophrenia
noun
(informal, figurative) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
(pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
schizophrenic
schizophrenic
adj
(informal) Having qualities that strongly jar or are at odds.
(informal, deprecated) Exhibiting more than one personality; having a wildly changeable personality.
(of a person) Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.
Of or relating to schizophrenia.
noun
A person suffering from schizophrenia.
zoopraxiscope
zoopraxiscope
noun
(photography, historical) An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, similar to the phenakistoscope. The instrument involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, projecting them upon a screen, to exhibit the natural movements of animals and the like.
