Medical term:
existential
ex·is·ten·tial
(ek'si-sten'shăl),Pertaining to a branch of philosophy, existentialism, concerned with the search for the meaning of one's own existence, that has been extended into existential psychotherapy.
[L. existentia, existence]
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existential
(ĕg′zĭ-stĕn′shəl, ĕk′sĭ-)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or dealing with existence.
2. Based on experience; empirical.
3. Of or as conceived by existentialism or existentialists: an existential moment of choice.
4. Linguistics Of or relating to a construction or part of a construction that indicates existence, as the words there is in the sentence There is a cat on the mat.
n. Linguistics
An existential word or construction.
ex′is·ten′tial·ly adv.
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