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Definition manic depression in American English

manic depression noun

[uncountable] noun
1

a serious mental illness in which you experience extreme changes in mood, sometimes feeling very excited and sometimes feeling very unhappy. Many people now prefer to use the word bipolar disorder.

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Definition manic depression in American English