ENDOGENOUS DEPRESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endogenous depression mean? 

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

1. a state of depression for which there is no apparent precipitating cause

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOGENOUS DEPRESSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of depression for which there is no apparent precipitating cause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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