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anaclitic

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Pronunciation: an′ă-klit′ik
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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