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MORBID IMPULSE

\mˈɔːbɪd ˈɪmpʌls], \mˈɔːbɪd ˈɪmpʌls], \m_ˈɔː_b_ɪ_d ˈɪ_m_p_ʌ_l_s]\

Definitions of MORBID IMPULSE

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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One which drives a person to commit some act, notwithstanding his efforts to restrain himself.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A form of impulse in which the patient is moved to commit acts from which he would shrink if normal.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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