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bipolar disorder
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bipolar disorder
n.
A psychiatric disorder marked by alternating episodes of mania and depression. Also called bipolar illness, manic-depressive illness.
bipolar disorder
Any of several mood disorders usually characterized by periods of depression that alternate with mania.
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Noun1.bipolar disorder - a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis
affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder - any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
cyclic disorder, cyclothymia, cyclothymic disorder - a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time


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