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archaic

adj ar·cha·ic \är-ˈkā-ik\

Medical Definition of ARCHAIC

1
:  typical of a previously dominant evolutionary stage <archaic features of a fossil skull>
2
:  having the characteristics of primitive humans and their animal forebears especially as represented in the unconscious and appearing in behavior as manifestations of the unconscious

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