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Depression

A group of conditions associated with the elevation or lowering of a person's mood, such as depression or bipolar disorder.
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Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act.
Depression (also known as major depression, major depressive disorder, or clinical depression) is a common but serious mood disorder.

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/dəˈpreSH(ə)n/
noun
  1. feelings of severe despondency and dejection.
    "self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression"
    synonyms: melancholy, misery, sadness, unhappiness, sorrow, woe, gloom, gloominess, dejection, downheartedness, despondency, dispiritedness, low spirits, heavy-heartedness, moroseness, discouragement, despair, desolation, dolefulness, moodiness, pessimism, hopelessness, the slough of despond, upset, tearfulness, the dumps, the doldrums, the blues, one's black dog, a low, the blahs, a funk, a blue funk, the mopes, clinical depression, endogenous depression, reactive depression, postnatal depression, dysthymia, melancholia, dolor, the megrims, mopery, disconsolateness, disconsolation
  2. a long and severe recession in an economy or market.
    "the depression in the housing market"
    synonyms: recession, slump, decline, downturn, slowdown, standstill, paralysis, inactivity, stagnation, credit crunch, credit squeeze, hard times, bad times, stagflation
  3. the action of lowering something or pressing something down.
    "depression of the plunger delivers two units of insulin"
  4. a region of lower atmospheric pressure, especially a cyclonic weather system.
    "hurricanes start off as loose regions of bad weather known as tropical depressions"
  5. the angular distance of an object below the horizon or a horizontal plane.

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