cyclothymia
noun
a mild bipolar disorder characterized by instability of mood and a tendency to swing between mild euphorias and depressions.
cyclothymic
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a word derived from
cyclothymia.
Example Sentences
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Gynecologist T. H. Van de Velde spurned such simple explanations, went so far as to assert that mating should be between "a cyclothymic pycnic woman and a schizothymeleptosome man."
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet he lends hope and comfort to the afflicted, and he has an unvarying comfort for his cyclothymic mate.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
Indeed, one might speak of persons of this type as hypothymic as well as cyclothymic.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
Some of these are cyclothymic, over-emotional, often monothymic but I am discussing them from the standpoint of their satisfaction with life and its experiences.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
Among the emotional types well recognized by the neurologist is that known as the cyclothymic.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
