adj, flat*ter  flat*test  1  :  being or characterized by a horizontal line or tracing without peaks or depressions <the EEG is ominously indicating that her brain function is gone -Don Gold>   2  :  characterized by general impoverishment in the presence of emotion-evoking stimuli < affect often occurs in schizophrenia>  flat*ness n 
 
 
 
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