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involutional

American  
[in-vuh-loo-shuh-nl] / ˌɪn vəˈlu ʃə nl /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of involutional melancholia.

    involutional symptoms.

noun

  1. a person with involutional melancholia.

Etymology

Origin of involutional

First recorded in 1905–10; involution + -al 1

Example Sentences

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Allegedly ridden with involutional melancholia, depressive psychosis, and heart disease, Hoppy sucked cough drops to stave off a cold.

From Time Magazine Archive

Doctors found him to be suffering from involutional melancholia and depressive psychosis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The foremost cause among the middle-aged for first admissions to mental institutions is listed with the diagnosis "involutional psychosis," sometimes called "change-of-life melancholia."

From Time Magazine Archive

Secretary of Defense James Forrestal committed suicide in 1949 while hospitalized for involutional melancholia.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have not observed in our cases of involutional melancholia any undue tendency to give individual reactions.

From A Study of Association in Insanity by Kent, Grace Helen

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