AFFECTIONS OF THE MIND
\ɐfˈɛkʃənz ɒvðə mˈa͡ɪnd], \ɐfˈɛkʃənz ɒvðə mˈaɪnd], \ɐ_f_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n_z ɒ_v_ð_ə m_ˈaɪ_n_d]\
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Affections de I'ame include not only the different passions, as love, hatred, jealousy, &c., but every condition of the mind that is accompanied by an agreeable or disagreeable feeling, as pleasure, fear, sorrow, &c. In Pathology, Affection, Pathos, Pathe'ma, is synonymous with disease: thus we speak of a pulmonary affection, a calculous affection, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
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