endogenous depression

1. 1.

   a state of depression for which there is no apparent precipitating cause

   Broaderdepressive disorder

Questions about endogenous depression

What does endogenous depression mean?

endogenous depression means "a state of depression for which there is no apparent precipitating cause".

Is endogenous depression a common word?

endogenous depression is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.