Meanings
nounclinical depression (countable and uncountable, plural clinical depressions)
plural clinical depressions
- countableuncountableDepression that reaches clinical significance (diagnosis and treatment).
We next consider the cognification of interpersonal dysfunctions in treating clinical depression.
2005, Dwight Evans, Dennis S. Charney, Lydia Lewis, The Physician’s Guide to Depression and Bipolar Disorders, →ISBN, page 69
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
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