anaclitic depression
n.
The impairment of an infant's physical, social, and intellectual development following separation from its mother or primary caregiver.
Words nearby anaclitic depression
anaclastic, anacletus, anaclinal, anaclisis, anaclitic, anaclitic depression, anacoenosis, anacoluthia, anacoluthon, anaconda, anacostia
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