loosening
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loosening
[loo´sen-ing]freeing from restraint or strictness.
loosening of associations in psychiatry, a disorder of thinking in which associations of ideas become so shortened, fragmented, and disturbed as to lack logical relationship.
loosening
/loo·sen·ing/ (loo´sen-ing) freeing from restraint or strictness.loosening of associations in psychiatry, a disorder of thinking in which associations of ideas become so shortened, fragmented, and disturbed as to lack logical relationship.
loosening
loosening
(loos′ĭn-ĭng)1. Loss of linkage with or fixation to another structure.
2. In speech, loss of connection to the usual rules of grammar, diction, or reason.