DEPRESSION
\dɪpɹˈɛʃən], \dɪpɹˈɛʃən], \d_ɪ_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DEPRESSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
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a sunken or depressed geological formation
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a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
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angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
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a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
By Princeton University
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sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
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a sunken or depressed geological formation
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a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
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angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
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a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of depressing.
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The state of being depressed; a sinking.
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A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.
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Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
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Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
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The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
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A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
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The operation of reducing to a lower degree; - said of equations.
By Oddity Software
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The act of depressing.
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The state of being depressed; a sinking.
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A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.
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Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
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Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
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The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
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A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
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The operation of reducing to a lower degree; - said of equations.
By Noah Webster.
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Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with major depression present in neurotic and psychotic disorders.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Depressor.
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The act of making lower; the sinking or falling in of a surface; low spirits; dulness of trade; as, business depression.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Depressor.
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Depressive.
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The act of depressing, or the state of being depressed; low spirits or vitality; dejection; melancholy.
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That which is depressed; a low or hollow place.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Depressio, Impressio, from deprimere, depressum (de and premere), 'to depress;' Esphlasis. In Anatomy, it means an excavation, hollow, or fossa. In Surgery, it is applied to a fracture of the cranium, in which the portions of fractured bone are forced inwards; (F.) Subgrondation, Entablement; called also, Catapiesis, Campsis Deprcssio, Thlasis Depressio. Depression, (F.) Abaissement, means Couching. -See Cataract. Depression also means dejection or dejectedness -Ademonia, Ademosyue, Demissio animi.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A hollow, a low plane or part.
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The act of depressing a part.
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The state of being depressed, either physically, e. g., a fragment of the skull, or in the sense of a reduction of strength or of hopefulness.
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Couching; an operation for cataract, consisting in the removal of the opaque lens out of the axis of vision by means of a needle.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Act of pressing, or state of being pressed down;—a hollow or cavity;—a falling in or sinking of the surface;—a low state of the mind or spirits; sadness; dejection; despondency;—the act of putting down; humiliation; abasement;—a low state of business or trade;—angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon;—the operation of reducing equations to a lower degree;—a method of operating for cataract; couching.