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cyclothymia

[ sahy-kluh-thahy-mee-uh, sik-luh- ]

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. a mild bipolar disorder characterized by instability of mood and a tendency to swing between mild euphorias and depressions.


cyclothymia

/ ˌsɪk-; ˌsaɪkləʊˈθaɪmɪə /

noun

  1. psychiatry a condition characterized by periodical swings of mood between excitement and depression, activity and inactivity See also manic-depressive
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Derived Forms

  • ˌcycloˈthymic, adjectivenoun
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Other Words From

  • cyclo·thymic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cyclothymia1

First recorded in 1920–25; cyclo- + -thymia
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Example Sentences

Her mum, Natalie, had been in contact with a mental health team and was diagnosed with recurrent anxiety/depression and cyclothymia, a mental and behavioural disorder.

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The lyrics discuss her experience of the rare mood disorder cyclothymia, which causes emotional ups and downs that are similar to, but less extreme than, those of bipolar disorder.

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"After years of struggling, simply getting the label of cyclothymia placed on how I was feeling was life changing."

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After “a lot of self-harm,” including using needles and glass to cut herself, she was hospitalized and was told she suffered from cyclothymia, a cousin to bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorder, for example, merges into cyclothymia - the moody personality.

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