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Answer for the clue "Mild chronic depression ", 9 letters:
dysthymia

Word definitions for dysthymia in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A tendency to be depressed, without hope. 2 (context psychiatry English) A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least 2 years.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
' Disthymia ' is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia" [syn: dysthymic depression ]

Usage examples of dysthymia.

Psychiatrists call it dysthymia or chronic sadness if the blue mood lasts for two years or more.