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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 secretionsplay

  Familiarity information: ACATHEXIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACATHEXIA (noun)


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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