Definitions

manic depression

NOUN

bipolar disorder

Synonyms

WEAK

bipolar affective disorder bipolar illness manic-depression manic-depressive disorder manic-depressive psychosis

Example Sentences

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Manic-depression usually first expresses itself in your early 20s, a time when freedom to experiment and explore is considered not just a right but a duty.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2021

Says Dr. Samuel Gershon of New York University's Medical School, who has done extensive research with the drug: "Manic-depression is what it should be used for, and that's not a common disease."

From Time Magazine Archive

Manic-depression was much cooler than actual depression, because you got the manic parts.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini