- manic-depressive illness
- noun Date: 1951 bipolar disorder
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manic-depressive illness — n bipolar disorder … Medical dictionary
Manic-Depressive Illness — (Bipolar Disorder) Before 1850, numerous physicians had commented on the alternation of mania and melancholia. In 1844, Karl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi (1775–1858), chief physician of Siegburg asylum in Germany, noted that Exaltation and… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
manic depressive illness — noun a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression • Syn: ↑bipolar disorder, ↑manic depression, ↑manic depressive psychosis • Hypernyms: ↑affective disorder, ↑major affective disorder, ↑emotional disorder, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
manic-depressive illness. — See bipolar disorder. Also called manic depression. * * * … Universalium
manic-depressive illness. — See bipolar disorder. Also called manic depression … Useful english dictionary
manic-depressive — manic depressives also manic depressive ADJ If someone is manic depressive, they have a medical condition in which they sometimes feel excited and confident and at other times very depressed. She told them that her daughter in law was manic… … English dictionary
manic-depressive psychosis — n. (Med.), A mental disorder characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression. Syn: bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic depressive illness. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
manic-depressive psychosis — noun a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression • Syn: ↑bipolar disorder, ↑manic depression, ↑manic depressive illness • Hypernyms: ↑affective disorder, ↑major affective disorder, ↑emotional disorder, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
manic-depressive — I noun a person afflicted with manic depressive illness (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑sick person, ↑diseased person, ↑sufferer II adjective suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression … Useful english dictionary
manic-depressive psychosis — n BIPOLAR DISORDER * * * (bipolar disorder) a severe mental illness causing repeated episodes of depression, mania, or both. These episodes can be precipitated by upsetting events but are out of proportion to these causes. Sometimes chronic… … Medical dictionary
