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Bipolar disorder

//ˌbaɪˈpoʊ.lɚ dɪˈsɔːr.dɚ// noun

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

    "An open study comparing response to lamotrigine in patients with rapid-cycling versus non-rapid-cycling bipolar disorder also indicated efficacy, with some evidence that rapid-cycling patients with more severe manic symptoms at the start of treatment respod less well (367)."

  2. 2
    a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression wordnet

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