ego - CISMeF

Preferred Label : ego;

MeSH definition : The conscious portion of the personality structure which serves to mediate between the demands of the primitive instinctual drives, (the id), of internalized parental and social prohibitions or the conscience, (the superego), and of reality.;

MeSH synonym : egos;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Ego (psychoanalysis);

MeSH Hyperonym : self;

MeSH annotation : no qualif; egocentrism: index DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EGOCENTRISM is also available;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego (psychoanalysis);

Details

Origin ID

D004532;

UMLS CUI

C0013712;

Record concept(s)
- ego [MeSH concept]
- self [MeSH concept]
See also
- self psychology [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Idea or Concept [UMLS semantic type]

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