A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas
An older term for depression Melancholia is used today to describe some symptoms that occur in severe depression
Melancholia is a feeling of great sadness, especially one that lasts a long time. He sank into deep melancholia. a feeling of great sadness and lack of energy
An older term for depression, derived from the Greek word for black bile, an excess of which was believed to be the cause of low spirits Melancholia is used today to refer to certain symptoms that occur in severe depression