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noun Psychiatry.

a severe form of depression usually characterized by insomnia, weight loss, and inability to experience pleasure, thought to be of internal origin and not influenced by external events.

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Also called melancholia.

Origin of endogenous depression

First recorded in 1960–65

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Yet, in pursuit of that ‘great revival of art,’ his anxiety, depression, and overall health began to deteriorate.
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The inner ends of the burrows were enlarged with a depression in the floor, where the eggs were laid.
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Financial depression had succeeded a time of wild excitement, and the Midland dividend had fallen from seven to two per cent.
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Depression of these key-touches brought different combinations of stops into use on the keyboard above which they were placed.
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The true causes of the depression were not within the control of the Insular Government or of any ruling factor.
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Even if your first passion for her does cool somewhat, will nothing remain but disenchantment and depression?
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Medical definitions for endogenous depression

endogenous depression

n.

A group of symptoms that resemble depression but are not precipitated by a stressful experience, especially psychomotor agitation or retardation, insomnia and early morning awakening, weight loss, excessive guilt, and lack of reactivity to one's environment.

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