manic depressive illness
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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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manic depressive illness
n. enfermedad maniaco depresiva, trastorno mental que se manifiesta en períodos de intensa exaltación en contraste con otros de estados de depresión y decepción.
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