Medical Term:
anaclitic
Pronunciation: an′ă-klit′ik
Definition: Leaning or depending upon; in psychoanalysis, relating to the dependence of the infant on the mother or mother substitute.
See: anaclitic depression
[G. ana, toward, + klinō, to lean]
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