Meaning

1 senses
  1. A behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.

    psychische Störung, seelische Störung

    психи́ческое расстро́йствоpsixíčeskoje rasstrójstvo

    психічний розладpsyxičnyj rozlad

More definitions
  • (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Have you ever been treated for a mental disorder?

  2. Tom has no history of any mental disorder.

  3. Tom is suffering from a mental disorder that impairs his judgment.

    deTom leidet an einer Geisteskrankheit, die sein Urteilsvermögen beeinträchtigt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Do you suffer from a mental disorder?

    deBist du geisteskrank? — Waldelfe

  5. Is necrotizing fasciitis a mental disorder?

Translations

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Forms

plural: mental disorders
Singularmental disorder
Pluralmental disorders

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness:mental disturbancedisturbancepsychological disorderfolie

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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