| corrective emotional experience | Reexposure under favourable circumstances to an emotional situation with which one could not cope in the past. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| experience | The feeling of emotions and sensations, as opposed to thinking; involvement in what is happening rather than abstract reflection on an event or interpersonal encounter. Origin: L. Experientia, fr. Experior, to try (05 Mar 2000) |
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| corrective | 1. Counteracting, modifying, or changing what is injurious. 2. A drug that modifies or corrects an undesirable or injurious effect of another drug. Synonym: corrigent. Origin: L. Cor-rigo (conr-), pp. -rectus, to set right, fr. Rego, to keep straight (05 Mar 2000) |
| orthodontics, corrective | The phase of orthodontics concerned with the correction of malocclusion with proper appliances and prevention of its sequelae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| emotional | Pertaining to the emotions. (18 Nov 1997) |
| emotional age | A measure of emotional maturity by comparison with average emotional development. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emotional amenorrhoea | Amenorrhoea caused by a strong emotional disturbance, e.g., fright, grief. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emotional amnesia | A numbness of feeling and emotion whose aetiology is psychological. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emotional attitudes | Attitudes expressive of any of the great passions; e.g., anger, lust. Synonym: emotional attitudes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emotional deprivation | Lack of adequate and appropriate interpersonal or environmental experiences, or both, usually in the early developmental years. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emotional disease | See: mental illness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emotional disorder | See: mental illness, behaviour disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emotional disturbance | See: mental illness, behaviour disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emotional leukocytosis | An abnormally high white blood cell count that is thought to be related only to an emotional disturbance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emotional overlay | The emotional or psychological concomitant of an organic disability. (05 Mar 2000) |