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affect

1) the emotional feeling associated with a thought, & its external manifestations (variable state, as distinguished from mood - a more sustained emotional state) Examples: sadness, joy, anger 2) to have an influence on (modulation)

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affective disorder modulation mood

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
  2. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed., Text Revision, DSM-IV, American Psychiatric Association, Washington DC, 1994