manic depression

See also: manic-depression

English

Noun

manic depression (uncountable)

1. (clinical psychology, psychiatry) A psychiatric diagnostic category, now called bipolar disorder, characterised by mood swings between great energy (manic) and clinical depression.

Synonyms

• bipolar disorder

Related terms

• manic-depressive

Translations

bipolar disorder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 躁鬱症／躁郁症 (zàoyùzhèng), 躁郁症 (zàoyùzhèng)

• Czech: maniodepresivní psychóza f
• Danish: maniodepressiv sindslidelse
• Finnish: maanis-depressiivinen (fi)
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• Greek: μανιοκατάθλιψη (el) f (maniokatáthlipsi)
• Italian: sindrome maniaco-depressiva
• Japanese: 躁鬱病 (そううつびょう, sōutsubyō)
• Turkish: manik depresyon

References

• bipolar disorder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia