DYSTHYMIC DEPRESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dysthymic depression mean? 

• DYSTHYMIC DEPRESSION (noun)
  The noun DYSTHYMIC DEPRESSION has 1 sense:

1. mild chronic depression

  Familiarity information: DYSTHYMIC DEPRESSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYSTHYMIC DEPRESSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mild chronic depression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dysthymia; dysthymic depression

Context example:

I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia

Hypernyms ("dysthymic depression" is a kind of...):

clinical depression; depression; depressive disorder (a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention)