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(ah-feck-tiv dis-or-der): A mental disorder in which the main symptom is an abnormal mood; usually depression or mania.
Ãâó: www.indianpsychiatry.com/Glossary.htm
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| affect |
in cognitive psychology, this is the evaluative dimension of attitude (favourable or unfavourable)
Ãâó: www.oup.com/uk/booksites/content/0199274894/studen...
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| afferent |
An axon conducting action potentials towards the central nervous system. See Efferent.
Ãâó: www.ualberta.ca/~neuro/OnlineIntro/glossary.htm
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| affective psychosis |
A psychotic reaction in which the predominant feature is a severe disorder of mood or emotional feelings. Can be related to a major depressive or bipolar disorder.
Ãâó: www.dphilpotlaw.com/html/glossary.html
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| affinity |
In physics, an unknown force which manifests in cohesion, chemical action, etc. In any particle theory of the universe, affinity has to be assumed, but the assumptions necessary to a mechanical interpretation of nature cannot be defined in terms of mechanism. In the physical world it is but a manifestation of that universal force which tends to bring diversity into unity, the counterpart of the force of repulsion, the two forces cooperating in cosmic harmony. ...
Ãâó: www.theosociety.org/pasadena/etgloss/adi-ag.htm
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