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dys·thy·mi·a

(dĭs-thī′mē-ə)

A mood disorder characterized by depressive symptoms that persist for two or more years, sometimes subsiding for short periods of time. Also called persistent depressive disorder.

[New Latin dysthȳmia, from Greek dusthūmiā, despondency : dus-, dys- + -thūmiā, -thymia.]

dys·thy′mic adj.

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dysthymia

(dɪsˈθaɪmɪə)

1. (Psychiatry) the characteristics of the neurotic and introverted, including anxiety, depression, and compulsive behaviour

2. (Psychiatry) obsolete a relatively mild depression

[C19: New Latin, from Greek dusthumia, from dys- + thumos mind]

dysˈthymic adj

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dysthymia

extreme anxiety and depression accompanied by obsession. — dysthymic, adj.

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dysthymia - mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia"

dysthymic depression

clinical depression, depressive disorder, depression - a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

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