psychoprophylacticadj.

Brit.

/ˌsʌɪkəʊˌprɒfᵻˈlaktɪk/, U.S.

/ˌsaɪkoʊˌproʊfəˈlæktɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, prophylactic adj.

Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + prophylactic adj., after psychoprophylaxis n. In later use (compare quots. 1955, 1999) also after Russian psixoprofilaktičeskij (1951 or earlier, with reference to a method in obstetrics).

Medicine.

Of, relating to, or involving psychoprophylaxis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > [adjective] > pain killing > method used in childbirth

psychoprophylactic1909

1909 T. A. Williams in Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 4 195 The gastric neuroses are a striking example of the non-use of psychoprophylactic power by medical men.

1955 Science 2 Dec. 1081/1 After a 1-month period of ‘psychoprophylactic orientation’, 85 percent of Soviet mothers deliver without anesthesia.

1999 Mothering (Nexis) 1 Jan. 56 [In 1951] two young French obstetricians, Fernand Lamaze and Pierre Vellay, travel to Russia to observe the so-called psychoprophylactic (mind-over-matter) obstetrical practices in use there. [In 1952] Lamaze and Vellay introduce their version of psychoprophylactic obstetrics, which relies heavily on the use of distraction techniques during contractions.

Derivatives

ˌpsychoprophyˈlactically adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > [adverb] > analgesic method used in childbirth

psychoprophylactically1960

1960 D. A. Myshne tr. Velvovsky Painless Childbirth through Psychoprophylaxis viii. 199 Most of the time we consider the use of drugs for the purpose of ‘enhancing’ the pain prevention in psychoprophylactically well prepared women unnecessary.

1972 E. D. Bing in N. Morris Psychosomatic Med. in Obstetr. & Gynæcol. 71 Soon our first psychoprophylactically trained women gave birth, and our teachers had become the monitrices in order to assist the young mother in labor and delivery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psychoprophylactic
释义	psychoprophylacticadj. Brit. /ˌsʌɪkəʊˌprɒfᵻˈlaktɪk/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊˌproʊfəˈlæktɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, prophylactic adj. Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + prophylactic adj., after psychoprophylaxis n. In later use (compare quots. 1955, 1999) also after Russian psixoprofilaktičeskij (1951 or earlier, with reference to a method in obstetrics). Medicine. Of, relating to, or involving psychoprophylaxis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > [adjective] > pain killing > method used in childbirth psychoprophylactic1909 1909 T. A. Williams in Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 4 195 The gastric neuroses are a striking example of the non-use of psychoprophylactic power by medical men. 1955 Science 2 Dec. 1081/1 After a 1-month period of ‘psychoprophylactic orientation’, 85 percent of Soviet mothers deliver without anesthesia. 1999 Mothering (Nexis) 1 Jan. 56 [In 1951] two young French obstetricians, Fernand Lamaze and Pierre Vellay, travel to Russia to observe the so-called psychoprophylactic (mind-over-matter) obstetrical practices in use there. [In 1952] Lamaze and Vellay introduce their version of psychoprophylactic obstetrics, which relies heavily on the use of distraction techniques during contractions. Derivatives ˌpsychoprophyˈlactically adv. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > [adverb] > analgesic method used in childbirth psychoprophylactically1960 1960 D. A. Myshne tr. Velvovsky Painless Childbirth through Psychoprophylaxis viii. 199 Most of the time we consider the use of drugs for the purpose of ‘enhancing’ the pain prevention in psychoprophylactically well prepared women unnecessary. 1972 E. D. Bing in N. Morris Psychosomatic Med. in Obstetr. & Gynæcol. 71 Soon our first psychoprophylactically trained women gave birth, and our teachers had become the monitrices in order to assist the young mother in labor and delivery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1909
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