Mental Process
sad mood
Subclass of:
Emotions
Definitions related to sad mood:
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(sad) Abbreviation for seasonal affective disorder, sadness and depression brought on by a lack of exposure to sunlight. SAD usually appears in the fall or winter and subsides in the spring.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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(sadness) An emotional state characterized by feelings of unhappiness or grief.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(sadness) Feeling or showing sorrow; the sense of being unhappy. It is related to DEPRESSION but is not synonymous.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(sadness) Feelings of grief or unhappiness.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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