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left-handedness

n. the preferential use of the left hand for major activities, such as eating, writing, and throwing. See also laterality; sinistrality. Compare right-handedness.

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borderline disorder

borderline disorder

1. see borderline personality disorder.

2. historically, any psychological condition that lies between normality and neurosis, between normality and psychosis, or between normal intelligence and intellectual disability.