depressive disorder

Noun depressive disorder has 1 sense

• depressive disorder(n = noun.state) clinical depression, depression - a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention;
is a kind of affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder
has particulars: agitated depression, anaclitic depression, dysthymia, dysthymic depression, endogenous depression, exogenous depression, reactive depression, major depressive episode, neurotic depression, psychotic depression, retarded depression