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Feighner criterion

Feighner criterion noun: any of a set of influential psychiatric diagnostic criteria developed from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.

Noun

Feighner criterion (plural Feighner criteria)

  1. (in plural) Any of a set of influential psychiatric diagnostic criteria developed from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.

Forms of Feighner criterion

pluralFeighner criteria

Origin of Feighner criterion

Named after John Feighner, the first listed author of the 1972 psychiatric paper that described them.

Questions about Feighner criterion

What does Feighner criterion mean?
Feighner criterion means any of a set of influential psychiatric diagnostic criteria developed from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.
What part of speech is Feighner criterion?
Feighner criterion is a noun.
What is the plural of Feighner criterion?
The plural of Feighner criterion is Feighner criteria.

Words near Feighner criterion in the dictionary

  1. Feige
  2. Feigenbaum
  3. Feigenbaum constant
  4. Feigenbaum constants
  5. Feighner criteria
  6. Feighner criterion
  7. Feight
  8. Feights
  9. feign
  10. feignable
  11. feigned

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