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anhedonia /an·he·do·nia/ (an″he-do´ne-ah) inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts.
an·he·do·ni·a (nh-dn-)
n.
Absence of pleasure from the performance of acts that would normally be pleasurable.

anhedonia
[an′hēdō′nē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, a + hedone, not pleasure
the inability to feel pleasure or happiness in response to experiences that are ordinarily pleasurable. It is often a characteristic of major depression and schizophrenia. anhedonic, adj.

anhedonia
Psychiatry Absence of pleasure from activities that are normally or had previously been pleasurable. See Sexual anhedonia. Cf Hedonism.


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