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
Among the emotional types well recognized by the neurologist is that known as the cyclothymic.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
The extraordinary complexity of human character is well illustrated by C. D. She is hypothymic or cyclothymic to the little affairs of life and to the minor illnesses.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
There is a definitely pathological trend to the cyclothymic, and in its most marked form one sees the recurring depressions and excitement of Manic Depressive Insanity.
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
