Medical Definition of Oedipal period

1. In psychoanalysis, a stage in the psychosexual development of the child, characterised by erotic attachment to the parent of the opposite sex, repressed because of fear of the parent of the same sex; usually occurring between the ages of 3 and 6 years. Synonym: oedipal period. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oedipal Period

oecumenical
OED
oedema
oedema
oedemas
oedemata
oedematous
oedema disease
oedema disease of swine
oedema glottidis
oedema neonatorum
oedipal
oedipally
Oedipal complex
oedipal neurosis
oedipal period (current term)
oedipal phase
oedipean
oedipism
Oedipus
oedipus complex
Oedipus complex
Oedipus Rex
Oedogoniaceae
Oedogoniales
Oedogonium
Oehl's muscles
Oehler's symptom
oeillade
oeillades

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