nutritional disorder

any medical or psychological condition that results from malnutrition. Such disorders include obesity and vitamin deficiency disorders. See also eating disorder.

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Psychology term of the day

February 23rd 2025

internal frustration

in classical psychoanalytic theory, denial of gratification of instinctual impulses due to internal factors (e.g., the superego), as opposed to external factors.