melancholia

melancholia
1. A severe form of depression marked by anhedonia, insomnia, psychomotor changes, and guilt. 2. A symptom occurring in other conditions, marked by depression of spirits and by a sluggish and painful process of thought. SYN: melancholy. [melan- + G. chole, bile. See humoral doctrine]
- hypochondriacal m. m. with many associated physical complaints, often with little basis in fact.
- involutional m. a depressive disorder of middle life, commonly associated with the climacteric.

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mel·an·cho·lia .mel-ən-'kō-lē-ə n a mental condition and esp. a manic-depressive condition characterized by extreme depression, bodily complaints, and often hallucinations and delusions

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mel·an·cho·lia (mel″an-koґle-ə) [melan- + chol- + -ia] former name for depression; in modern psychiatric terminology it refers especially to severe forms of major depressive disorder. melancholic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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