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MANIAC-DEPRESSIVE

\mˈe͡ɪnɪˌakdɪpɹˈɛsɪv], \mˈe‍ɪnɪˌakdɪpɹˈɛsɪv], \m_ˈeɪ_n_ɪ__ˌa_k_d_ɪ_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_v]\

Definitions of MANIAC-DEPRESSIVE

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A new synthesis in psychiatry by Kraepelin, showing the essential unity of maniac and of depressive attacks, formerly considered as mania and as melancholia and as separate diseases.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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