manic illness

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• 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 illness — n bipolar disorder …   Medical 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

• manic-depressiveillness — manic depressive illness n. See bipolar disorder. * * * …   Universalium

• manic depression — manic de pression n [U] a mental illness that causes someone to feel very strong emotions of happiness and sadness in a short period of time …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• manic depression — manic de pression noun uncount a serious mental illness in which you experience extreme changes in mood, sometimes feeling very excited and sometimes feeling very unhappy …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• 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 depression — noun a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression • Syn: ↑bipolar disorder, ↑manic depressive illness, ↑manic depressive psychosis • Hypernyms: ↑affective disorder, ↑major affective disorder, ↑emotional disorder, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 — man|ic [ˈmænık] adj [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: mania] 1.) informal behaving in a very anxious or excited way ▪ She seemed slightly manic. ▪ Mortimer continued to shoot, a manic grin on his face. 2.) medical relating to a feeling of great happiness …   Dictionary of contemporary English