involutional depression

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   a major depressive episode associated with the climacteric

   Broadermajor depressive episode

Questions about involutional depression

What does involutional depression mean?

involutional depression means "a major depressive episode associated with the climacteric".

Is involutional depression a common word?

involutional 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.