Usually means: Bipolar disorder with mood swings.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word manic-depressive:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. manic-depressive: Merriam-Webster
  2. manic-depressive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. manic-depressive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. manic-depressive, manic-depressive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. manic-depressive: Vocabulary.com
  6. manic-depressive: Wordnik
  7. manic-depressive: Wiktionary
  8. manic-depressive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. manic-depressive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. manic-depressive: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. manic-depressive: Dictionary.com
  12. manic-depressive: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Manic-depressive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. manic-depressive: Rhymezone
  15. manic-depressive: FreeDictionary.org
  16. manic-depressive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. manic-depressive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. manic-depressive: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. manic-depressive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. manic-depressive: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (dated) Relating to or exhibiting manic depression.
▸ noun:  (dated) A person with manic depression.

Similar:
insane, manodepressive, hypermanic, hypomaniac, depressive, bipolar, schizodepressive, mental, dipsomaniacal, depressional, more...

Opposite:
stable, balanced, even-keeled, steady

Phrases:
manic-depressive psychosis, manic-depressive illness, manic-depressive disorder, disease, manic-depressive, manic-depressive disease, more...



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Similar:
insane, manodepressive, hypermanic, hypomaniac, depressive, bipolar, schizodepressive, mental, dipsomaniacal, depressional, more...

Opposite:
stable, balanced, even-keeled, steady

Phrases:
manic-depressive psychosis, manic-depressive illness, manic-depressive disorder, disease, manic-depressive, manic-depressive disease, more...



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