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noun
Any of various disorders characterised by disturbance in an individual's mood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: mood disorder
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie
Narrower terms: depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression, mania, manic disorder, bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis
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