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borderline personality disorder

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Main Entry: borderline personality disorder
Function: noun
: a disordered behavior pattern that emerges by early adulthood that is characterized by multiple types ofpsychological instability and impulsiveness and often involves fear of abandonment and a risk of suicide, and that may ameliorate with age
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borderline personality disorder bor·der·line personality disorder (bôr'dər-līn')
n.
A personality disorder marked by a long-standing pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, behavior, mood, and self-image that can interfere with social or occupational functioning or cause extreme emotional distress.

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