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DEPRESSIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone suffering psychological depression
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("depressive" is a kind of...):
diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "depressive"):
melancholiac; melancholic (someone subject to melancholia)
Context examples:
They also had higher depressive symptoms, total caloric intake, and index of sleep apnea.
(Study links irregular sleep patterns to metabolic disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
“And the higher the level of inflammation, the greater the improvement in the severity of depressive symptoms.”
(Anti-inflammatory Drugs Also Fight Depression, Voanews)
Further investigation showed that recalling positive events only reduced negative self-related thoughts and depressive symptoms in response to stressful life events, but not if the adolescents had experienced no stressful life events.
(Recalling happy memories during adolescence can reduce risk of depression, University of Cambridge)
Major depressive disorder is a particular form of the condition which affects many people, potentially causing loss of pleasure in activities that once used to bring joy.
(Depression - men far more at risk than women in deprived areas, University of Cambridge)
It may be broadly classified as a depressive or bipolar disorder due to a general medical condition.
(Organic Affective Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
By blocking both transporters, this agent prolongs neurotransmitter activities of both serotonin and norepinephrine, thereby alleviating depressive state.
(Desvenlafaxine, NCI Thesaurus)
CNS depressive effects associated with this drug class include mild sedation, hypnosis, anesthesia, and coma as well as a decrease in seizure activity.
(Barbiturate, NCI Thesaurus)
A major affective disorder marked by severe mood swings (manic or major depressive episodes) and a tendency to remission and recurrence.
(Bipolar Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
Using a research model made up of human brain cells, the researchers from King's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) examined the effects of a protein (interferon-alpha — IFN-α), which is able to activate the immune system and ultimately to induce depressive symptoms in healthy people.
(Scientists Reveal How Inflammation Affects The Life of Brain Cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In addition to analgesia and a depressive effect on the cough center in the medulla, this agent may cause euphoria, anxiolysis, miosis, sedation, physical dependence, constipation, and respiratory depression, depending on dosage and variations in individual metabolism.
(Oxycodone hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
