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endogenous depression
noun
, Psychiatry.
- a severe form of depression usually characterized by insomnia, weight loss, and inability to experience pleasure, thought to be of internal origin and not influenced by external events.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of endogenous depression1
First recorded in 1960–65
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