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Manic-depressive

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Noun

1. manic-depressive

a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness

Adjective

2. manic-depressive

suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression

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Manic-depressive

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adjective
1. 
denoting a mental disorder characterized either by an alternation between extreme euphoria and deep depression (bipolar manic-depressive disorder or syndrome) or by depression on its own or (rarely) by elation on its own (unipolar disorder)
noun
2. 
a person afflicted with this disorder
Compare cyclothymia

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Manic-depressive

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adjective
1. 
designating, of, or having a psychotic disorder characterized by alternating periods of mania and mental depression
see also bipolar (affective) disorder
noun
2. 
a person who has this psychosis

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Manic-depressive

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adj.
Of, relating to, or having bipolar disorder.
n.
A person who has bipolar disorder.

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