cyclothymia

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cyclothymia

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Internationalism. By surface analysis, cyclo- + -thymia.

noun cyclothymias

  1. countable, uncountable A chronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression. A study using the BAR assessment tool criteria found that cyclothymia had the best overall clinical utility for case finding and screening when focusing on depressed youths with an early transition to bipolar.

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noun chronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression

Españolciclotimia
中文環性心境障礙 /环性心境障碍
Portuguêsciclotimia
Françaiscyclothymie
DeutschZyklothymie
Italianociclotimia
Русскийциклотими́я ciklotimíja

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"cyclothymia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cyclothymia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cyclothymia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cyclothymia

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"cyclothymia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cyclothymia.

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@misc{cyclothymia_2026,
  title = {cyclothymia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cyclothymia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}