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dissociative disorder
noun(dissociative identity disorder)
multiple personality disorder
dissociative disorder
noun(dissociative identity disorder)
a disorder that is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct and complex identities or personality states each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the exclusion of the others and results from disruption in the integrated functions of consciousness, memory, and identity —called also multiple personality, dissociative identity disorder

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