pseudobulbar affect
English
noun
Definitions
- a neurologic disorder characterized by episodes of uncontrollable laughing and/or crying, or other emotional displays
Etymology
Affix from English bulbar + English affect.
Origin
English
affect
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- affect English
- affectability English
- affectable English
- affectee English
- affecter English
- affectest English
- affecteth English
- affectless English
- affector English
- bulb English
- bulbar English
- cervicobulbar English
- corticobulbar English
- disaffect English
- epibulbar English
- extrabulbar English
- interaffect English
- interbulbar English
- intrabulbar English
- misaffect English
- nonbulbar English
- overaffect English
- parabulbar English
- peribulbar English
- pontobulbar English
- postbulbar English
- propriobulbar English
- pseudobulbar English
- reaffect English
- retrobulbar English
- spinobulbar English
- suprabulbar English
- tectobulbar English
- transbulbar English
- tubulobulbar English
- unaffect English
- affecten Middle English
- bulb
- affect
- bulbar
- affectee
- reaffect
- affector
- unaffect
- affecter
- misaffect
- nonbulbar
- epibulbar
- disaffect
- affectest
- affecteth
- peribulbar
- postbulbar
- parabulbar
- affectless
- affectable
- overaffect
- pontobulbar
- interaffect
- transbulbar
- spinobulbar
- retrobulbar
- intrabulbar
- suprabulbar
- interbulbar
- extrabulbar
- tectobulbar
- tubulobulbar
- pseudobulbar
- corticobulbar
- cervicobulbar
- propriobulbar
- affectability