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bipolar disorder

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noun Psychiatry.

an affective disorder characterized by periods of mania alternating with periods of depression, usually interspersed with relatively long intervals of normal mood.

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Formerly manic-depressive illness.
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British Dictionary definitions for bipolar disorder

bipolar disorder

bipolar affective disorder or bipolar syndrome

noun

a mental health problem characterized by an alternation between extreme euphoria and deep depression
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Medicine definitions for bipolar disorder

bipolar disorder

n.

Any of several mood disorders usually characterized by alternating periods of depression with mania or hypomania.manic-depressive illness
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Science definitions for bipolar disorder

bipolar disorder

Any of several mood disorders usually characterized by periods of depression that alternate with mania.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Culture definitions for bipolar disorder

bipolar disorder

Also known as manic-depressive illness. This psychiatric disorder is marked by periods of euphoric (manic) highs often followed by periods of depression.

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