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manic depression
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Noun manic depression has 1 sense
- manic depression(n = noun.state) bipolar disorder, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis - a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression; Array is a kind of affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder
has particulars: cyclic disorder, cyclothymia, cyclothymic disorder
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