UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unipolar depression mean? 

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

1. a major depressive episode that occurs without the manic phase that occurs in the classic form of bipolar disorder

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A major depressive episode that occurs without the manic phase that occurs in the classic form of bipolar disorder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

major depressive episode ((psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction)