See Also: abreaction(medicine)
Abreaction(health)
abreaction(dictionary)
motor abreaction(medicine)

abreaction (iou)



abreaction noun. E20.
[from AB- + REACTION, after German Abreagieren.]
Psychoanalysis. The relief of anxiety by the expression and release of a previously repressed emotion, through reliving the experience that caused it; an instance of this.
abreact verb trans. eliminate by abreaction E20.
abreactive adjective M20.