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ACATHEXIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acathexia mean?
• ACATHEXIA (noun)
The noun ACATHEXIA has 1 sense:
1. an inability to retain bodily secretions
Familiarity information: ACATHEXIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inability to retain bodily secretions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("acathexia" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
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