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bipolar disorder

 
–noun Psychiatry.
an affective disorder characterized by periods of mania alternating with periods of depression, usually interspersed with relatively long intervals of normal mood.
Formerly, manic-depressive illness.
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bipolar disorder  
n.  A psychiatric disorder marked by alternating episodes of mania and depression. Also called bipolar illness, manic-depressive illness.
manic-depressive illness  
n.  See bipolar disorder.
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manic-depressive illness

See bipolar disorder.


bipolar disorder

Also known as manic-depressive illness. This psychiatric disorder is marked by periods of euphoric (manic) highs often followed by periods of depression.

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Main Entry: bipolar disorder
Function: noun
: any of several mood disorders characterized usually by alternating episodes of depression and mania or by episodes ofdepression alternating with mild nonpsychotic excitement called also bipolar affective disorder, bipolar illness, manic-depression, manic-depressive psychosis;—compare MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
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bipolar disorder n.
An affective disorder marked by alternating periods of euphoria and depression.

manic-depressive illness n.
Bipolar disorder.

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