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noun
1.
fond attachment, devotion, or love: the affection of a parent for an only child.
2.
Often, affections.
a.
emotion; feeling; sentiment: over and above our reason and affections.
b.
the emotional realm of love: a place in his affections.
3.
Pathology. a disease, or the condition of being diseased; abnormal state of body or mind: a gouty affection.
4.
the act of affecting; act of influencing or acting upon.
5.
EXPANDthe state of being affected.
6.
Philosophy. a contingent, alterable, and accidental state or quality of being.
7.
the affective aspect of a mental process.
8.
bent or disposition of mind.
9.
COLLAPSEObsolete. bias; prejudice.
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Word Origin & History
affection
early 13c., "an emotion of the mind, passion, lust as opposed to reason," from O.Fr. affection, from L. affectionem (nom. affectio) "inclination, influence, permanent state of feeling," from affec-, pp. stem of afficere "to do something to, act on" (see affect (n.)). Sense
EXPANDdeveloped from "disposition" to "good disposition toward" (late 14c.).
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Medical Dictionary
affection af·fec·tion (ə-fěk'shən)
n.
A tender feeling toward another; fondness.
A bodily condition; disease.
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