bipolar
Opposite extremes condition
Bipolar describes something with two poles or extremes.
In geography and physics, it refers to opposite ends: bipolar electrodes.
In psychiatry, bipolar disorder involves cycles between manic highs and depressive lows—formerly called manic depression.
Informally, bipolar describes erratic mood swings or contradictory behavior: The weather has been totally bipolar this week.
Cycling between emotional extremes
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
- hypomaniaMild manic state
- depressionProlonged low state
- cyclothymiaMild mood disorder
lithium · antidepressants · psychiatry · psychosis · episode · diagnosis · stigma · therapy
Twofold nature
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
- oppositesTerms with contrary meanings
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- binaryConsisting of two parts
twofold · yin-yang · contradictory · complementary · ambivalence · oscillation · spectrum · extremes
Semiconductor signal switch
- junctionPoint where things meet
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
- switchingChanging from one to another
- amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device
diode · circuit · silicon · germanium · CMOS · base · emitter · collector
Separated opposite charges
- fluxContinuous change or flow
- attractionPull toward something
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- ferromagnetismStrong atomic magnetic alignment
magnetite · neodymium · electromagnet · lodestone · induction · permeability · hysteresis · geomagnetism
manic-depressive
Cycling between emotional extremes
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
- hypomaniaMild manic state
- depressionProlonged low state
cyclothymia · lithium · antidepressants · psychiatry · psychosis · episode · diagnosis · stigma · therapy · neurotransmitters
duality
Twofold nature
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
- oppositesTerms with contrary meanings
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
binary · twofold · yin-yang · contradictory · complementary · ambivalence · oscillation · spectrum · extremes · coexistence
transistor
Semiconductor signal switch
- junctionPoint where things meet
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
- switchingChanging from one to another
amplifier · diode · circuit · silicon · germanium · CMOS · base · emitter · collector · rectifier
dipole
Separated opposite charges
- fluxContinuous change or flow
- attractionPull toward something
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
ferromagnetism · magnetite · neodymium · electromagnet · lodestone · induction · permeability · hysteresis · geomagnetism · compass
arctic
Of extreme northern cold
- bi- wordsbiannual, biathlon, bicameral, bicentennial, bicycle
- Disabilitiesblind, paralysis, vision loss, developmental disability, hearing impairment
- Mood Disordersmajor depression, dysthymia, cyclothymia, manic depression, clinical depression
- Child Psychiatrychild psychiatrist, child psychiatry, child psychologist, child psychology, child mental health
- enfermedadesgripe, diabetes, cancer, hepatitis, tuberculosis
- mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist
bipolarunipolar
Having one pole only
monopolar · nonpolar · multipolar · tripolar · hegemonic
bipolarstable
Secure and unchanging
emotionally stable · even-keeled · balanced · steady · moderate
- bipolar disordersConditions causing extreme mood shifts
- bipolar depressionDepressive phase of mood cycling disorder
- bipolar IICycling mood disorder, softer peaks
- bipolar illnessPsychiatric mood cycling disorder
- bipolar treatmentIntervention for mood disorder
- bipolar spectrumContinuum of mood disorders