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affective psychosis

noun

a severe mental disorder characterized by extreme moods of either depression or mania

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Nearby words

  1. affectionate,
  2. affectionately,
  3. affective,
  4. affective disorder,
  5. affective fallacy,
  6. affectively,
  7. affectivity,
  8. affectless,
  9. affenpinscher,
  10. afferent
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Medicine definitions for affective psychosis

affective psychosis

n.

Psychosis characterized chiefly by emotional disturbance.
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