Pre-depression

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the era immediately before the depression. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Before a depression. not-comparable

    "Murphy et al. (1988) found that, when the effect of physical illness was controlled, depressed elderly patients (particularly men) had a significantly higher four-year mortality, suggesting that the greater mortality in the depressed group was not due to differences of pre-depression physical health alone."

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"Murphy et al. (1988) found that, when the effect of physical illness was controlled, depressed elderly patients (particularly men) had a significantly higher four-year mortality, suggesting that the greater mortality in the depressed group was not due to differences of pre-depression physical health alone."

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