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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Depression :: Depression (n.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8..
Prosternation :: Prosternation (n.) Dejection; depression.
Seam :: Seam (n.) A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
Revive :: Revive (v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century..
Kick :: Kick (n.) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick..
Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin..
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..
Lake :: Lake (n.) A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area..
Dispiritment :: Dispiritment (n.) Depression of spirits; discouragement.
Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.
Depression :: Depression (n.) Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness..
Refresh :: Refresh (a.) To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and 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..
Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.
Atoll :: Atoll (n.) A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island..
Dimply :: Dimply (a.) Full of dimples, or small depressions; dimpled; as, the dimply pool..
Rugate :: Rugate (a.) Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled.
Want :: Want (v. i.) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place..
Lacuna :: Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression..
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