Meanings
plural cyclothymias
- countableuncountablemedicineA chronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression.
A study using the BAR assessment tool criteria found that cyclothymia had the best overall clinical utility for case finding and screening when focusing on depressed youths with an early transition to bipolar.
2018 April 26, Tobias A Rowland, Steven Marwaha, “Epidemiology and risk factors for bipolar disorder”, in Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, volume 8, number 9, →DOI, pages 251–269
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Internationalism. By surface analysis, cyclo- + -thymia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan ciclotímia
- ciclotímiachronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
Chinese Mandarin 環性心境障礙 /环性心境障碍, 循環性情感疾患 /循环性情感疾患
- 環性心境障礙 /环性心境障碍chronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
- 循環性情感疾患 /循环性情感疾患chronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
Czech cyklotymie
- cyklotymiechronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
Danish cyklotymi
- cyklotymichronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
Finnish syklotymia
- syklotymiachronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
French cyclothymie
- cyclothymiechronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
German Zyklothymie
- Zyklothymiechronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
Italian ciclotimia
- ciclotimiachronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
Polish cyklotymia
- cyklotymiachronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
Portuguese ciclotimia
- ciclotimiachronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
Russian циклотими́я
- циклотими́я (ciklotimíja)chronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
Spanish ciclotimia
- ciclotimiachronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression
Cite this entry
cyclothymia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclothymia
“cyclothymia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclothymia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclothymia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclothymia.
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