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English noun: affective disorder

1. affective disorder (state) any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant


Synonymsemotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder


Broader (hypernym)disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder


Narrower (hyponym)bipolar disorder, clinical depression, depression, depressive disorder, mania, manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic disorder, manic-depressive psychosis









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