Medical Dictionary

transference

noun trans·fer·ence
\tran(t)s-ˈfər-ən(t)s, ˈtran(t)s-(ˌ)\

Medical Definition of TRANSFERENCE

:  the redirection of feelings and desires and especially of those unconsciously retained from childhood toward a new object (as a psychoanalyst conducting therapy)
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