involutional
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of involutional
First recorded in 1905–10; involution + -al 1
Example Sentences
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The foremost cause among the middle-aged for first admissions to mental institutions is listed with the diagnosis "involutional psychosis," sometimes called "change-of-life melancholia."
From Time Magazine Archive
Allegedly ridden with involutional melancholia, depressive psychosis, and heart disease, Hoppy sucked cough drops to stave off a cold.
From Time Magazine Archive
Doctors found him to be suffering from involutional melancholia and depressive psychosis.
From Time Magazine Archive
More astonishing than the play were the players : housewives and secretaries suffering from involutional melancholia or agitated schizophrenia, mechanics or plumbers in manic-depressive states.
From Time Magazine Archive
We have not observed in our cases of involutional melancholia any undue tendency to give individual reactions.
From A Study of Association in Insanity by Kent, Grace Helen
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