Affective psychosis
noun
a severe mental disorder characterized by extreme moods of either depression or mania
affective psychosis n.
psychosis characterized chiefly by emotional disturbance.
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of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional. causing emotion or feeling. historical examples affectively she was remarkably frank, sometimes a little surly, or she showed a slight empty uneasiness. benign stupors august hoch adjective (psychol) relating to affects concerned with or arousing the emotions or affection affective af·fec·tive (ə-fěk’tĭv) adj. concerned with or […]
- Affectivity
of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional. causing emotion or feeling. historical examples nor does he contribute much likely to be of permanent value in any part of the wide domain of affectivity. a general introduction to psycho-n-lysis sigmund freud adjective (psychol) relating to affects concerned with or arousing the emotions or affection […]
- Affectless
lacking feeling or emotion; indifferent to the suffering of others: an affectless, futuristic drama in which the human characters are virtually robots. contemporary examples and there you are, years later, a jaded, affectless, neurotic, disenchanted, sad person. the best of david rakoff: quotes, ‘this american life,’ ‘the daily show,’ & more august 9, 2012 historical […]
- Afferent
bringing to or leading toward an organ or part, as a nerve or arteriole (opposed to ). a nerve carrying a message toward the central nervous system. historical examples in some cases ligation of the afferent vessels has been successful. manual of surgery alexis thomson and alexander miles the lesions of the arteriosclerotic kidney are […]
- Afferent fiber
afferent fiber afferent fiber n. any of the nerve fibers that convey impulses to a ganglion or to a nerve center in the brain or spinal cord.