| 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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| Noun | 1. |  bipolar disorder - a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depressionaffective 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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