a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed; "dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell"
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(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in p…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.extreme sensitivity
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.excessive anxiety
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stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.A pricking; stimulation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor; languishment.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part
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