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Definition of cyclothymia in English: cyclothymianounˌsʌɪklə(ʊ)ˈθʌɪmɪəˌsaɪkləˈθaɪmiə mass nounPsychiatry dated A mental state characterized by marked swings of mood between depression and elation; bipolar disorder. 〔精神病学〕〈旧〉躁郁环性气质，躁郁环性精神病 Example sentencesExamples - The psychiatrist examines Virginia Woolf's life from the perspective of her illness, cyclothymia, a milder form of manic depression.
- A person with cyclothymia experiences symptoms of hypomania but never a full-blown hypomanic episode.
- Sixteen of these patients also met criteria for major depression, dysthymic disorder, GAD, cyclothymia, and somatization disorder.
- We excluded patients with psychotic features, major depressive disorders, cyclothymia, or bipolar disorders.
- Patients who develop cyclothymia, a condition similar to bipolar disorder but less severe, are at very high risk for full-blown bipolar disorder.
- In order for cyclothymia to be diagnosed, hypomanic symptoms and depressive symptoms must be present alternately for at least two years.
Derivativesadjective Psychiatry dated For cyclothymic symptoms to be diagnosed, hypomanic symptoms and depressive symptoms must be present alternately for at least two years. Example sentencesExamples - In a prospective study, 35 percent of cyclothymic patients developed full hypomanic, manic, or depressive episodes during a drug-flee follow-up period of up to three years.
- Simpson's behaviour suggests that he was a cyclothymic personality, probably a full-fledged manic-depressive.
- Virginia Woolf experienced cyclothymic swings throughout her adult life.
- Klein suffered from a severe form of cyclothymic illness which, in manic phases, provoked arrest and disgrace, and in depressive mood, brought him close to self-destruction.
Origin1920s: from cyclo- + Greek thumos 'temper'. Definition of cyclothymia in US English: cyclothymianounˌsīkləˈTHīmēəˌsaɪkləˈθaɪmiə Psychiatry dated A mental state characterized by marked swings of mood between depression and elation; bipolar disorder. 〔精神病学〕〈旧〉躁郁环性气质，躁郁环性精神病 Example sentencesExamples - In order for cyclothymia to be diagnosed, hypomanic symptoms and depressive symptoms must be present alternately for at least two years.
- The psychiatrist examines Virginia Woolf's life from the perspective of her illness, cyclothymia, a milder form of manic depression.
- A person with cyclothymia experiences symptoms of hypomania but never a full-blown hypomanic episode.
- Patients who develop cyclothymia, a condition similar to bipolar disorder but less severe, are at very high risk for full-blown bipolar disorder.
- Sixteen of these patients also met criteria for major depression, dysthymic disorder, GAD, cyclothymia, and somatization disorder.
- We excluded patients with psychotic features, major depressive disorders, cyclothymia, or bipolar disorders.
Origin1920s: from cyclo- + Greek thumos ‘temper’. |