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What does depression mean?

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Noun
  1. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
  2. (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
  3. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
  4. (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
  5. (economics) A period of major economic contraction.
  6. (economics) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
  7. (biology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
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