Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Anhedonia

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anhedonia
an incapacity to experience pleasure Validation of an animal model of anhedonia, a major symptom of depression
Anhedonia is the inability to gain pleasure from enjoyable experiences.
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Definition of anhedonia from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games.
anhedonia n. The absence of pleasure or the ability to experience it. [New Latin anhÄ"donia : Greek an- , without; see aâ" + Greek hÄ"donÄ" , pleasure.]
noun. a psychological condition marked by an inability to experience pleasure. Etymology: Fr anhédonie < Gr an-, not + hÄ"donÄ", pleasure
anhedonia /an·he·do·nia/ (an?he-do´ne-ah) inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts. an·he·do·ni·a (n h-d n-) n. Absence of pleasure from the
anhedonia (uncountable) (medicine, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure. 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 123:
noun Psychology. lack of pleasure or of the capacity to experience it.
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