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  • 11Depression and Mood Disorders: Emergence —    The word depression has a number of meanings, depending on the discipline. Within neurophysiology, it refers to a decrease in the brain’s electrical activity causing, for example, cortical depression. For the pharmacologist, depression means… …

    Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

  • 12dejection — n. Depression, despondency, sadness, melancholy, gloom, dumps, blues, lowness of spirits, low spirits …

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  • 13Dejection — De*jec tion, n. [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. d[ e]jection.] 1. A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic] Hallywell. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of humbling or abasing one s self. [1913 Webster] Adoration implies submission and dejection …

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  • 14Megrim — Me grim, n. [OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. ?; ? half + ? skull. See {Hemi } and {Cranium}, and cf. {Hemicrania}, {Migraine}.] 1. A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and… …

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  • 15migraine — Megrim Me grim, n. [OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. ?; ? half + ? skull. See {Hemi } and {Cranium}, and cf. {Hemicrania}, {Migraine}.] 1. A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and …

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  • 16migraine headache — Megrim Me grim, n. [OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. ?; ? half + ? skull. See {Hemi } and {Cranium}, and cf. {Hemicrania}, {Migraine}.] 1. A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and …

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  • 17dejection — noun Date: 15th century lowness of spirits …

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  • 18gloom — I. verb Etymology: Middle English gloumen Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to look, feel, or act sullen or despondent 2. to be or become overcast 3. to loom up dimly transitive verb to make dark, murky, or somber ; make gloomy II …

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  • 19George Cheyne — (1671 1743), M.D. R.C. E.d. and R.S.S., was a pioneering physician, early proto psychologist, philosopher and mathematician, born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, who opened a medical practice in Bath in 1702. He is best known for his contribution to… …

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  • 20Declaration on the Status and Name of the Croatian Standard Language — ( hr. Deklaracija o nazivu i položaju hrvatskog književnog jezika) was a document brought by Croat scholars.Declaration was brought March 13 1967. It was published in Telegram , Yugoslav newspapers for social and cultural questions, nr. 359, 17… …

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