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—hypomanic /huy'peuh man"ik/, adj., n./huy'peuh may"nee euh, -mayn"yeuh/, n. Psychiatry.a mania of low intensity.[1880-85; HYPO- + -MANIA]
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hypomania — 1843 (as a clinical word from 1882, from Ger. hypomanie); see HYPO (Cf. hypo ) + MANIA (Cf. mania). Related: Hypomaniac; hypomanic … Etymology dictionary
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Hypomania — (1881) In a monograph on mania (called Mania [die Manie]), Emanuel Ernst Mendel (1839–1907), who headed a wellknown private nervous clinic in the Berlin suburb of Pankow and was said to be the last psychiatrist to master completely both… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
hypomania — hypochondria; hypomania /haypakondriya, hipa/haypameyn(i)ya, hipa / See insanity … Black's law dictionary
hypomania — hypochondria; hypomania /haypakondriya, hipa/haypameyn(i)ya, hipa / See insanity … Black's law dictionary
Hypomania and Mania in the Modern Sense — (1881) In a monograph on mania (called Mania [die Manie]), Emanuel Ernst Mendel (1839–1907), who headed a wellknown private nervous clinic in the Berlin suburb of Pankow and was said to be the last psychiatrist to master completely both… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
hypomania — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1882 a mild mania especially when part of bipolar disorder • hypomanic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
hypomania — noun A mild form of mania, especially the phase of several mood disorders characterized by euphoria or hyperactivity … Wiktionary
hypomania — A mild degree of mania. * * * hy·po·ma·nia .hī pə mā nē ə, nyə n a mild mania esp. when part of bipolar disorder * * * n. a mild degree of mania. Elated mood leads to faulty judgment; behaviour lacks the usual social restraints and the sexual… … Medical dictionary
