ENDOGENOUS DEPRESSION


Meaning of ENDOGENOUS DEPRESSION in English

Psychiatry.

a severe form of depression usually characterized by insomnia, weight loss, and inability to experience pleasure, thought to be of internal origin and not influenced by external events. Also called melancholia .

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .