Trait
Addictive behavior
When an activity, substance, object, or behavior becomes a major focus of a person's life, excluding other activities, or has begun to harm the individual or others physically, mentally, or socially, it can be considered addictive behavior. A person can become addicted or compulsively engaged with anything.
Summary
- Also called
- Addictive behaviour
- Body system
- Abnormality of the nervous system
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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The Human Phenotype Ontology links no gene to Addictive behavior itself. The narrower traits below list theirs.
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Where this comes from
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
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