Usually means: Mental disorder affecting mood regulation.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. affective disorder: Merriam-Webster
  2. affective disorder: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. affective disorder: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. affective disorder: Collins English Dictionary
  5. affective disorder: Vocabulary.com
  6. affective disorder: Wiktionary
  7. affective disorder: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. affective disorder: Dictionary.com
  9. Affective disorder: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. affective disorder: Rhymezone
  11. affective disorder: FreeDictionary.org
  12. affective disorder: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. affective disorder: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. affective disorder: Merriam-Webster

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  1. affective disorder: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. affective disorder: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Reactive Attachment Disorder (No longer online)
  3. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  4. affective disorder: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (affective disorder)

▸ noun:  (psychology) Any of various disorders characterised by disturbance in an individual's mood.

Similar:
emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder, mood disorder, major depressive disorder, schizoaffective disorder, mental disorder, attachment disorder, seasonal mood disorder, seasonal depression, more...

Opposite:
mood disorder, emotional disorder, affective state

Phrases:
seasonal affective disorder, major affective disorder, bipolar affective disorder, more...

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Similar:
emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder, mood disorder, major depressive disorder, schizoaffective disorder, mental disorder, attachment disorder, seasonal mood disorder, seasonal depression, more...

Opposite:
mood disorder, emotional disorder, affective state

Phrases:
seasonal affective disorder, major affective disorder, bipolar affective disorder, more...



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