Definition of depression

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Depression (n.) A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions..

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Umbo :: Umbo (n.) A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvae of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear..
Fossa :: Fossa (n.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds..
Anfractuosity :: Anfractuosity (n.) A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.
Punctated :: Punctated (a.) Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits..
Glenoid :: Glenoid (a.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates..
Alveolus :: Alveolus (n.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc..
Incavation :: Incavation (n.) Act of making hollow; also, a hollow; an exvation; a depression..
Lonely :: Lonely (superl.) Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound..
Appallment :: Appallment (n.) Depression occasioned by terror; dismay.
Console :: Console (v. t.) To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
Despondency :: Despondency (n.) The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.
Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..
Dispiritment :: Dispiritment (n.) Depression of spirits; discouragement.
Lacuna :: Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
Basin :: Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river..
Foveola :: Foveola (n.) A small depression or pit; a fovea.
Evenly :: Evenly (adv.) With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely..
Courtesy :: Courtesy (n.) An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees..
Glen :: Glen (n.) A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.
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