manic depressive illness

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manic depressive illness - a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depressionbipolar disorder, manic depression, manic-depressive psychosisaffective 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 predominantcyclic disorder, cyclothymia, cyclothymic disorder - a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time

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