| NOUN | state | manic depressive illness, bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic-depressive psychosis | a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression |
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| Meaning | A mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression. | |
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| Synonyms | bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic-depressive psychosis | |
| Narrower | cyclothymia, cyclothymic disorder, cyclic disorder | A mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time |
| Broader | affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance | Any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant |
| Spanish | psicosis maniacodepresiva, trastorno bipolar | |
| Catalan | trastorn bipolar | |
| Adjectives | bipolar | of or relating to manic depressive illness |
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