Psychopath

(si'-ko-path). A morally irresponsible person. (si-ko-path' -ik). Pertaining to psychopathy, iychopathist (si-kop'-aih-ist). Synonym of Psychiatrist. (sikopatholf -o-je). 1. The pathology of mental disease. 2. In legal medicine, the legal aspect of insanity; the law as to the rights and responsibilities of insane persons; legal psychiatry, incorrectly called criminal anthropology,. Any disease of the mind. ycho -physical (si-ko-Jiz'-ik-al). Pertaining to pyscho-physics. P, Law. See Law, Fechner's. ychophysics (si - ko -jiz' - iks). The study of mental proce es by phys i;:al methods; the study of the relation of stimuli to he sensations which they produce, especially the determination of the differences of stimulus required to Produce recognizable differences of sensation; experii nental psychology.