affective psychosis

noun

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

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Words nearby affective psychosis

affectional orientation, affectionate, affective, affective disorder, affective fallacy, affective psychosis, affectless, affenpinscher, afferent, afferent fiber, afferent glomerular arteriole
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Medical definitions for affective psychosis

affective psychosis

n.

Psychosis characterized chiefly by emotional disturbance.
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