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narcoanalysis en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō) English narco- Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis)bor. Medieval Latin analysisbor. English analysis English narcoanalysis From narco- + analysis.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A form of psychotherapy in which the patient is administered drugs in order to attain a sleeplike state.
   • He had a set of chains in his room that he said he used with his psychoanalyst; they were experimenting with narcoanalysis and found that Old Bull had seven separate personalities, each growing worse and worse on the way down, till finally he was a raving idiot and had to be restrained with chains. 1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC:

Forms

Relateds

narcosynthesis

Translations (6)

fr narcoanalyse (psychotherapy which uses drugs to induce a sleeplike state) · ro narcoanaliză (psychotherapy which uses drugs to induce a sleeplike state) · ca narcoanàlisi (psychotherapy which uses drugs to induce a sleeplike state) · es narcoanálisis (psychotherapy which uses drugs to induce a sleeplike state) · it narcoanalisi (psychotherapy which uses drugs to induce a sleeplike state) · pt narcoanálise (psychotherapy which uses drugs to induce a sleeplike state)