The Collaborative International Dictionary
manic-depressive psychosis
manic-depressive psychosis \manic-depressive psychosis\ n. (Med.), A mental disorder characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression.
Syn: bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic depressive illness.
WordNet
manic-depressive psychosis
n. a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression [syn: bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic depressive illness]
Usage examples of "manic-depressive psychosis".
It wasn't late, as parties go, but in my absence most of the people had deteriorated, as if a sudden illness had fallen on them: manic-depressive psychosis, or a mild cerebral hemorrhage.
The result was something like amphetamines, something like manic-depressive psychosis.