depressive

[US]/dɪ'presɪv/
[UK]/dɪ'prɛsɪv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. feeling despondent or in low spirits.

Phrases & Collocations

depressive disorder

major depressive disorder

Example Sentences

steroids have a depressive effect on the immune system.

everyone gets their downs, their depressive periods.

The most common are major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder.

In this way, humanity may rid itself of depressive implication and men can habitate poetically on this land.

Depressive disorders are a heterogeneous group of conditions that share the common symptom of dysphoric mood.

This disorder is a longitudinal diagnosis and its clinical symptoms include hypomania, mania, mixed states, major depressive episode, hyperthymic temperament and depressive mixed state.

The depressive patients with APOEε4 allele had significantly higher level of TC and APOB、higher retardation scores of HAMD17 compared with those of patients without it.

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