manic-depressive

[man-ik-di-pres-iv] /ˈmæn ɪk dɪˈprɛs ɪv/
adjective
1.
suffering from bipolar disorder.
noun
2.
a person suffering from this disorder.
Origin
1900-05
Examples from the web for manic-depressive
  • The judge reversed herself once a psychiatrist testified to manic-depressive illness.
  • He was almost certainly a manic-depressive, though the expedition had halted the course of the disease.
  • The problem is the manic-depressive paradigm of the research professor who teaches.
  • manic-depressive illness and schizophrenia tend to run in different families.
  • But he was also acutely sensitive and moody and perhaps a manic-depressive.
  • He describes himself as a manic-depressive who becomes excited only when he is writing.
British Dictionary definitions for manic-depressive

manic-depressive

adjective
1.
denoting a mental disorder characterized either by an alternation between extreme euphoria and deep depression (bipolar manic-depressive disorder or syndrome) or by depression on its own or (rarely) by elation on its own (unipolar disorder)
noun
2.
a person afflicted with this disorder Compare cyclothymia
manic-depressive in Medicine

manic-depressive adj.
Of, relating to, or affected by manic-depressive illness. n.
A person afflicted with manic-depressive illness.