depression
- Noun. (geography) an area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. (meteorology) an area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
- Noun. (economics) a period of major economic contraction;.
- Noun. (economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
- Noun. (biology, physiology) 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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