chemical imbalance

collocation in English

meaningsofchemicalandimbalance

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chemical
adjective
uk
/ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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imbalance
noun[C]
uk
/ˌɪmˈbæl.əns/us
/ˌɪmˈbæl.əns/
a situation in which two things that should be equal or that are normally equal ...
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(Definition ofchemicalandimbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To sum up, we have the 2 to 1 conventional imbalance, the hugechemicalimbalanceand the tactical nuclear imbalance of some 9 to 1.
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I believe that thechemicalimbalancethat exists would strongly influence them on any decision that they might make towards going forward.
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Like his namesake, he is a genius; however, due to achemicalimbalancehe exhibits a non-linear memory and seems to be quite forgetful.
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He added a hugechemicalimbalancethat helped us on the road.
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It articulated thechemicalimbalancehypothesis of mental health disorders, especially depression.
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She also began taking nonnarcotic medication for a diagnosed brainchemicalimbalance.
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He was frequently bullied in school and briefly received psychological treatment due to a perceivedchemicalimbalance.
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Panic disorder may be differentiated as a medical condition, orchemicalimbalance.
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Cruise asserted that there is no such thing as achemicalimbalance, and that psychiatry is a form of pseudoscience.
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I think thechemicalimbalancespeaks for itself.
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It may be possible that an overactive brain or achemicalimbalanceis partly to blame for the disorder.
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The monoamine hypothesis, already limited, has been further oversimplified when presented to the general public as a mass marketing tool, usually phrased as achemicalimbalance.
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Specific plots of land cannot maintain these yields without v3 technologies to correct soil chemical imbalances and replenish soil nutrients.
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The bags typically contain thiamine, folic acid, and 3 grams of magnesium sulfate, and are usually used to replenish nutritional deficiencies or correct achemicalimbalancein the human body.
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Personal mental revelations need only arrange for small electrical disturbances in the brain, perhaps through latent chemical imbalances.
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On the topic of mental illness, she asserts: they say you have achemicalimbalanceof serotonin and dopamine, but there's never been a study to prove that, ever.
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This includes dubious claims aboutchemicalimbalanceas a marketing ploy for selling antidepressants, industry-sponsored clinical research, ghostwriting for medical journals and direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals.
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Parsons theorized that this was because the ammonium nitrate became dangerously combustible following overnight storage, during which temperature and consistency changes had resulted in achemicalimbalance.
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In the last 20 minutes before it dies, it is in a dreadful state, with all sorts of bad chemical imbalances and so on.
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