HyperDic: unipolar_depression

English > 1 sense of the expression unipolar depression:
NOUNstateunipolar depressiona major depressive episode that occurs without the manic phase that occurs in the classic form of bipolar disorder
English > unipolar depression: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA major depressive episode that occurs without the manic phase that occurs in the classic form of bipolar disorder.
Broadermajor depressive episode(psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
Spanishdepresión unipolar

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