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Adam complex

A guilt complex in a person who breaks a parental ‘law’ that the subject, often a child, did not previously know was forbidden—e.g., incestuous relationships
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ADAM complex

Amniotic band syndrome, see there.

Adam complex

Psychiatry A guilt complex of a person who breaks a parental 'law' that the subject, often a child, did not previously know was forbidden–eg, incestuous relations
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In the literature, this condition is also known as ADAM complex, amniotic band sequence, Streeter's dysplasia, congenital constriction bands, and pseudoainhum [3].
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