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单词 bipolar
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bipolaradj.

/bʌɪˈpəʊlə/
Etymology: < bi- comb. form 1a + polar adj. and n.
a. Having two poles or opposite extremities; in Physiology applied to nerve-cells connected with the nerve-fibres by two prolongations.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > of or having an end or pole
bipolar1810
tripolar1865
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > duality > [adjective] > having two faces or aspects
double-faced1589
bifront1598
bifronted1598
two-faced1659
bipolar1810
bifrontal1876
bifacial1884
double-sided1907
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 282/1 The vaso-ganglions of the eel..are bipolar.
1865 C. B. Mansfield Theory of Salts 4 This bipolar, two-membered system.
figurative.1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) III. ix. 171 Philosophy being necessarily bipolar.1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) iii. xix. 254 The Divine Nature is revealed as bi-polar, or of double aspect.
b. Of, pertaining to, or occurring in both polar regions.
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the world > the earth > geodetic references > [adjective] > pole
polar1556
polary1559
subpolar1685
circumpolar1696
polifugal1744
poleward1848
bipolar1896
1896 A. E. Ortmann in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1895 191 The examples of bipolar distribution of crustacea.
1951 Jrnl. Ecol. 39 209 The term ‘bipolar’ is not precise. What is intended is taxa with widely discontinuous ranges to the north and to the south of the tropics.

Draft additions June 2006

bipolar disorder n. Psychiatry a form of mental illness characterized by one or more episodes of mania typically accompanied by one or more episodes of major depression; = manic depression n.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > mania > manic depression
circular insanity1862
manic depression1911
cyclothymia1921
bipolar disorder1973
1973 Sci. Amer. Sept. 123/2 Studies of manic-depressive disorders in families indicate the need to differentiate bipolar disorders (with both manic and depressive episodes) from unipolar ones (with only depressive episodes).
1989 Psychiatric Devel. 7 144 The first step in that direction is to ‘link’ the phenotypic expression of bipolar disorder to a known chromosomal location.
2003 Sci. Amer. Sept. 78/1 The first modern attempt to identify individual psychiatric disorders was made in the 19th century by German scientist Emil Kraepelin, who distinguished two of the most severe mental illnesses: schizophrenia, which he called dementia praecox, and manic-depressive illness, which is now known as bipolar disorder.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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