DYSTHYMIC DEPRESSION
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)
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)
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