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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| life instinct | |
| —n | |
| psychoanal the instinct for reproduction and self-preservation | |
death instinct n.
A primitive impulse for destruction, decay, and death, manifested by a turning away from pleasure, postulated by Sigmund Freud as coexisting with and opposing the life instinct. Also called Thanatos.
life instinct n.
In psychoanalytic theory, the instinct of self-preservation and sexual procreation.