Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A psychiatric diagnostic category, previously called manic depression, characterised by mood swings between great energy (mania) and clinical depression.

    bipolare Störung

    биполя́рное расстро́йствоbipoljárnoje rasstrójstvo, биполя́рное аффекти́вное расстро́йствоbipoljárnoje affektívnoje rasstrójstvo

    біполя́рний ро́зладbipoljárnyj rózlad, біполя́рний афекти́вний ро́зладbipoljárnyj afektývnyj rózlad

More definitions
  • a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

    ruУ Тома диагностировали биполярное расстройство. — Karok

  2. Schizoaffective disorder is similar to bipolar disorder.

  3. Tom's got a bad case of bipolar disorder.

  4. Sami was diagnosed as a teenager with bipolar disorder.

  5. Sami had bipolar disorder.

Translations

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Forms

plural: bipolar disorders

Synonyms

5 synonyms
manic depressionschizomaniabipolar affective disorder
Close in meaning
  • a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression:manic depressionmanic depressive illnessmanic-depressive psychosis

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbipolar

See also

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