mood disorder

American  

[mood-dis-awr-der] / ˈmud dɪsˌɔr dər /

noun

mood disorders plural

1. Psychiatry. any of various conditions characterized by abnormally high or low mood or random mood shifts.

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mood disorder Scientific  

/ mo̅o̅d /

1. Any of a group of psychiatric disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder, characterized by a pervasive disturbance of mood.

2. Also called affective disorder

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• mood-disordered
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• mood disorders
  plural

Example Sentences

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mood disorder

In other words, there was no way to be certain on the basis of the studies whether the observed health problems were caused by SSRIs, the underlying mood disorder or some other factor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

PMDD, which is a severe cyclical, hormone-based mood disorder linked to periods, is thought to affect more than one in 20 women.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025

After completing the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, a fully structured and validated diagnostic tool to establish mood disorder diagnoses, 241 participants were included in the study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023

At one point, Ben cuts Devi to the core when he savagely quips that she has an undiagnosed mood disorder.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2023

There were also signs that my grandfather may have suffered from a mood disorder.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi