postpartum depression

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postpartum depression (countable and uncountable, plural postpartum depressions)

  1. (psychiatry) Depression experienced by a parent, usually the mother, after childbirth.
    Synonyms: postnatal depression, (ellipsis) postpartum, (initialism) PPD
    • 1999, Ridha Arem, The Thyroid Solution, →ISBN, page 216:
      Some women with postpartum depression and thyroid imbalance may require antidepressants and psychiatric therapy.

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