melancholia (mel-an-ko'le-ah). i

A state of mental disorder formerly used to indicate great mental depre ion. 2. See melancholy, active m., acute m. M. in which the subject, instead of remaining pa ive, goes about restle ly, under the influence of delusions, hallucinations, or anxious feelings, alcoholic m. M. as it occurs among inebriates. It is of brief duration and favorable prognosis, homicidal m. M. with homicidal impulses. m. of puberty. M. occurring at puberty; the chief delusion is that of personal unattractivene . puerperal m. M. appearing after and apparently dependent on childbirth, sexual m. M. a ociated with ideas of impotence, venereal infection, or ungratified sexual desire, suicidal m. M. (most frequently periodical m.) in which the predominating impulse is to commit suicide. [Gr., melas, black, + chole, bile.]