bipolar的词源

英文词源

bipolar (adj.)

"having two poles," from bi- + polar; 1810 with figurative sense of "of double aspect;" 1859 with reference to physiology. Psychiatric use in reference to what had been called manic-depressive psychosis is said to have begun 1957 with German psychiatrist Karl Leonhard. The term became popular early 1990s. Bipolar disorder was in DSM III (1980).

中文词源

bipolar：双相性障碍的

前缀bi-, 二。pole, 地级，两级端。

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