manic depressive illness

Definitions of manic depressive illness

1. noun

   a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
   synonyms: bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic-depressive psychosis

   types:

   cyclic disorder, cyclothymia, cyclothymic disorder

   a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time

   type of:

   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