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noun
Either mild depression (the blues; symptoms include sadness and fatigue) or major depressive disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: clinical depression, depression
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Broader terms: affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance
Narrower terms: agitated depression, anaclitic depression, dysthymia, dysthymic depression, endogenous depression, exogenous depression, reactive depression, major depressive episode, neurotic depression, psychotic depression, retarded depression
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