| manic | Affected with mania. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| manic episode | Manifestation of a major mood disorder in which there is a distinct period during which the predominant mood of the individual is either elevated, expansive, or irritable, and there are associated symptoms of the excited or manic phase of the bipolar disorder. See: affective disorders, endogenous depression. (05 Mar 2000) |
| manic excitement | An excited mental state seen in a bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder characterised by hyperactivity, talkativeness, flight of ideas, pressured speech, grandiosity, and, occasionally, grandiose delusions. See: mania, manic-depressive. Synonym: acute mania. (05 Mar 2000) |
| manic psychosis | Psychosis with predominant affective features. Synonym: manic psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| manic-depression | Alternating moods of abnormal highs (mania) and lows (depression). Called bipolar disease because of the swings between these opposing poles in mood. (12 Dec 1998) |
| manic-depressive | 1. Pertaining to a manic-depressive psychosis (bipolar disorder). 2. One suffering from such a disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| manic-depressive disease | See manic-depression. (12 Dec 1998) |
| manic-depressive disorder | An obsolete term for one of the mood disorders; i.e., bipolar disorder, depression; affective psychosis, affective disorder, bipolar disorder, and endogenous depression. (05 Mar 2000) |
| manic-depressive illness | Now referred to as bipolar illness, characterised by the occurrence of mania (euphoria) alternating with bouts of depression. (27 Sep 1997) |
| manic-depressive psychosis | Perviously referred to as manic depressive illness, characterised by the occurrence of mania (euphoria) alternating with bouts of depression. (27 Sep 1997) |
| manicate | <botany> Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and interwoven as to form a mass easily removed. Origin: L. Manicatus sleeved, fr. Manica a sleeve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| manicy | Behaviour characteristic of the manic phase of bipolar disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| disease, manic-depressive | See Manic-depression. (12 Dec 1998) |
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