bipolar I

A form of bipolar I disorder — A type of bipolar disorder characterized by the occurrence of at least one manic episode.

Meanings

nounbipolar I (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationellipsisuncountablehuman sciencesEllipsis of bipolar I disorder.

    Coordinate term: bipolar II

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    Facebook introduced its News Feed feature in September 2006, five months after my bipolar I diagnosis and first hospitalization and two years before this explosion of seeming gibberish.

    2022 October 11, Stephanie Eisler Vance, “When Facebook Actually Broke My Brain”, in The New York Times
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