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disassociation (medicine)


disassociation -->
dissociation


1. The act of separating or state of being separated.

2. <chemistry> The separation of a molecule into two or more fragments (atoms, molecules, ions or free radicals) produced by the absorption of light or thermal energy or by solvation.

3. <psychology> A defense mechanism in which a group of mental processes are segregated from the rest of a person's mental activity in order to avoid emotional distress, as in the dissociative disorders or in which an idea or object is segregated from its emotional significance, in the first sense it is roughly equivalent to splitting, in the second, to isolation.

4. A defect of mental integration in which one or more groups of mental processes become separated off from normal consciousness and, thus separated, function as a unitary whole.

Origin: L. Sociatio = union


fleece(2) (iou)



fleece verb. [fli:s] M16.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. & intrans. Obtain (money etc.) from a person by unfair means. Now rare. M16.
Carlyle To divide what they fleeced from these poor drudges.
verb trans. Strip (a person, city, etc.) of or of money, property, etc.; rob; charge an excessive amount. L16
A. Sillitoe They aren't going to fleece an old salt like me and get away with it..
verb trans. Clip or shear the fleece from (a sheep). Now rare. E17.
verb trans. Dapple or fleck with fleecy masses; cover (as) with a fleece. M18.
J. Fowles The sky half blue, half fleeced with white clouds.
fleeceable adjective M19.
fleeced adjective (a) provided with a fleece (of a specified kind); (b) that has been fleeced: L16.
fleecer noun E17.