Deprivation

deprivation /dep·ri·va·tion/ (dep-ri-va´shun) loss or absence of parts, powers, or things that are needed.

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emotional deprivation  deprivation of adequate and appropriate interpersonal or environmental experience in the early development years.

sensory deprivation  deprivation of usual external stimuli and the opportunity for perception.

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dep·ri·va·tion (dpr-vshn)

n.

The absence, loss, or withholding of something needed.

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Deprivation

A condition of having too little of something.

Mentioned in: Shock

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deprivation

loss or absence of parts, organs, powers or things that are needed.

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deprivation test

see water deprivation test.