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major depressive episode vs unipolar depression

unipolar depression vs major depressive episode

major depressive episode and unipolar depression both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
major depressive episode Yes No No No
unipolar depression Yes No No No
As nouns, unipolar depression is a hyponym of major depressive episode; that is, unipolar depression is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than major depressive episode:
  • major depressive episode: (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
  • unipolar depression: a major depressive episode that occurs without the manic phase that occurs in the classic form of bipolar disorder
Other hyponyms of major depressive episode include involutional depression.
major depressive episode (noun) unipolar depression (noun)
(psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction a major depressive episode that occurs without the manic phase that occurs in the classic form of bipolar disorder
Difference between major depressive episode and unipolar depression

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