depressive : Idioms & Phrases
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depressive disorder
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noun a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
clinical depression; depression.
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major depressive episode
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noun (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
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manic depressive illness
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noun a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
manic depressive illness; bipolar disorder; manic depression.
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manic-depressive
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noun a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness
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adjective satellite suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression
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manic-depressive psychosis
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noun a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
manic depressive illness; bipolar disorder; manic depression.
