bipolar disorder

noun

: any of several psychological disorders of mood characterized usually by alternating episodes of depression and mania

called also bipolar illness, manic depression

Examples of bipolar disorder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rare Beauty has become a $2 billion business, and Gomez dove into that success and the challenges she's faced along the way—from a diagnosis of bipolar disorder to learning to believe in herself—onstage at the MPW Summit with my colleague Ellie Austin. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025

The second gene, called Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 3 (GRM3), has been linked to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. —Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2025

Previous studies have suggested the LDAEP marker may be worth investigating in people with mental health conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety, in that LDAEP levels may help predict how well a patient will respond to different psychiatric medications. —Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025

In one small study, individuals with depression saw improvement with 3 to 5 grams of daily creatine, but individuals with bipolar disorder saw symptoms worsen. —Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bipolar disorder

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Kids Definition

bipolar disorder

noun

: any of several psychological disorders of mood characterized by alternating episodes of depression and mania

Medical Definition

bipolar disorder

noun

: any of several mood disorders characterized usually by alternating episodes of depression and mania

Note: The mania experienced in bipolar disorder may be of the euphoric or irritable type or both.

called also bipolar affective disorder, bipolar illness, manic depression, manic-depressive illness

compare major depressive disorder