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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mood disorder characterized by periods of depression alternating with mania or hypomania.
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- noun clinical psychology A psychiatric diagnostic category, previously called
manic depression , characterised by mood swings between great energy (manic ) and clinicaldepression .
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- noun a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
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