Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun manic_depressive_illness

1 sense of manic depressive illness

Sense 1
bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis -- (a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression)
       => affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance -- (any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant)