hypomania

hypomania
hypomanic /huy'peuh man"ik/, adj., n.
/huy'peuh may"nee euh, -mayn"yeuh/, n. Psychiatry.
a mania of low intensity.
[1880-85; HYPO- + -MANIA]

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