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anaclitic depression

n.

The impairment of an infant's physical, social, and intellectual development following separation from its mother or primary caregiver.

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Nearby words

  1. anaclastic,
  2. anacletus,
  3. anaclinal,
  4. anaclisis,
  5. anaclitic,
  6. anacoenosis,
  7. anacoluthia,
  8. anacoluthon,
  9. anaconda,
  10. anacostia
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