otupljenost

English translation: affective flattening

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Croatian term or phrase:otupljenost
English translation:affective flattening
Entered by: Dinap

20:05 Jun 2, 2010
Croatian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / clinical trials
Croatian term or phrase: otupljenost
kod shizofrenije
Dinap
Croatia
Local time: 15:10
affective flattening
Explanation:
affective flattening or emotional dullness or affective dullness--all valid terms in schizophrenia.


http://books.google.com/books?id=vNK46FMFa-oC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA...
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Lirka
Austria
Local time: 15:10
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1affective flattening
Lirka
3 +1dullness
Dejan Škrebić


  

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dullness


Explanation:
Mislim da ovdje možete naći i drugih izraza. Ako se odnosi na misaoni proces pogodno je „dullness“, ali ako se odnosi na kretanje možda „sluggishness“:

http://books.google.com/books?id=ZzjZMml-9ZgC&pg=PA102&lpg=P...
The schizophrenic is characterized by affective dullness.

http://hpathy.com/homeopathy-clinical-cases/a-case-of-childh...
Symptoms considered:...
Dullness, sluggishness difficulty of thinking and comprehending...


Dejan Škrebić
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 15:10
Native speaker of: Serbian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  bonafide1313: mislim da je baš dullness otupljenost (lat. obtusio), ako se postavi pitanje emocionalne otupjelosti, onda je odgovor naravno emotional/affective dullness,no to nije postavljeno http://www.encyclo.co.uk/define/obtusion http://zdrav-prav.blogspot.com/2
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neutral  Lirka: just dullness is not spot on. you need to combine it with 'affective' or 'emotional'. Dullness alone may also mean 'colorless', as in a 'dull woman' [appearance-wise]. Must specify that it's about its emotional component...
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
affective flattening


Explanation:
affective flattening or emotional dullness or affective dullness--all valid terms in schizophrenia.


http://books.google.com/books?id=vNK46FMFa-oC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA...

Lirka
Austria
Local time: 15:10
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
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agree  bonafide1313
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