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depression, dysthmia (medicine) and acantho- (medicine)


depression, dysthmia (medicine)


depression, dysthmia


A less severe type of depression, dysthymia involves long-term chronic symptoms that do not disable, but keep one from functioning at full steam or from feeling good. Sometimes people with dysthymia also experience major depressive episodes.


acantho- (medicine)


acantho-


A spinous process; spiny, thorny.

Origin: G. Akantha, a thorn, the backbone, the spine, fr. Ake, a point, + anthos, a flower