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DYSTHYMIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dysthymia mean?
• DYSTHYMIA (noun)
The noun DYSTHYMIA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DYSTHYMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mild chronic depression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
dysthymia; dysthymic depression
Context example:
I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia
Hypernyms ("dysthymia" is a kind of...):
clinical depression; depression; depressive disorder (a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention)
Context examples
Nortriptyline is used in major depression, dysthymia, and atypical depressions.
(Nortriptyline Hydrochloride, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is used in major depression, dysthymia, bipolar depression, attention-deficit disorders, agoraphobia, and panic disorders.
(Imipramine, NCI Thesaurus)
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