bipolar

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affected by bipolar disorder (= a mental health condition in which a person can at times be very depressed and at other times very excited and energetic):

I now realize I have been bipolar since my teens.

She has three children, including an older bipolar daughter.

of a cell, having only one structure projecting (= sticking out) from it:

retinal bipolar cells

in which two countries or areas have most of the power:

It quickly became apparent that they did not fit into the bipolar world that both the Soviets and the United States thought they'd created.

relating to or having two poles (= ends of a magnet where the force is strongest, one that attracts and one that pushes away iron and steel):

a bipolar magnet

consisting of two parts, choices, etc., especially when these are opposites:

We could move away from a straightforward bipolar system, in which each side has only one of two options.

short for bipolar disorder: a mental health condition in which a person can at times be very depressed and at other times very excited and energetic:

My parents thought they could cure my sister's bipolar by taking her camping and getting her eating well.