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abnormal psychology

noun

Definition of ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

:  a branch of psychology concerned with mental and emotional disorders (as neuroses, psychoses, and mental retardation) and with certain incompletely understood normal phenomena (as dreams and hypnosis)
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First Known Use of ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

1888
Medical Dictionary

abnormal psychology

noun

Medical Definition of ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

:  a branch of psychology concerned with mental and emotional disorders (as neuroses, psychoses, and mental retardation) and with certain incompletely understood normal phenomena (as dreams and hypnosis)

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