A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.
Wild, frenzied excitement or ecstasy.
A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
A period of major economic contraction.
The act of lowering or pressing something down.
A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.