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abulia

[uh-byoo-lee-uh, uh-boo-]

noun Psychiatry.

a symptom of mental disorder involving impairment or loss of volition.

Origin:
1840–50; < Neo-Latin, probably not < Greek aboulíā thoughtlessness, but freshly formed from a-⁶, Greek boulḗ will, -ia

Related forms

a·bu·lic, adjective

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abulia or aboulia (əˈbuːlɪə, -ˈbjuː-, əˈbuːlɪə, -ˈbjuː-)

—n
	psychiatry a pathological inability to take decisions

[C19: New Latin, from Greek aboulia lack of resolution, from a-¹ + boulē will]

aboulia or aboulia

—n

[C19: New Latin, from Greek aboulia lack of resolution, from a-¹ + boulē will]

a'bulic or aboulia

—*adj*

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abulia a·bu·li·a or a·bou·li·a (ə-b&oomacr;'lē-ə, ə-by&oomacr;'-)
n.
Loss or impairment of the ability to make decisions or act independently.

a·bu'lic (-lĭk) adj.

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