vəˈlu adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of involutional melancholia: involutional symptoms.
noun
2.
a person who suffers from involutional melancholia.
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involution (ˌɪnvəˈluːʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of involving or complicating or the state of being involved or complicated |
| 2. | something involved or complicated |
| 3. | zoology degeneration or structural deformation |
| 4. | biology an involute formation or structure |
| 5. | physiol reduction in size of an organ or part, as of the uterus following childbirth or as a result of ageing |
| 6. | Compare evolution an algebraic operation in which a number, variable, expression etc, is raised to a specified power |
| 7. | grammar an involved construction, such as one in which the subject is separated from the predicate by an additional clause |
| invo'lutional | |
| —adj | |
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