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Noun: emotional disorder  i'mow-shu-nul dis'or-du(r)
  1. Any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
    "Bipolar disorder is a type of emotional disorder characterized by extreme mood swings";
    - affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disturbance

Derived forms: emotional disorders

Type of: disturbance, folie [archaic], mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder

Encyclopedia: Emotional disorder