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Noun: dysthymia  dis'thI-mee-u
  1. Mild chronic depression
    "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia";
    - dysthymic depression

Derived forms: dysthymias

Type of: clinical depression, depression, depressive disorder

Encyclopedia: Dysthymia