See Also: involutional melancholia(medicine)
involutional(medicine)
involutional psychosis(medicine)
depression, involutional(medicine)
involutional depression(medicine)
melancholia(dictionary)
melancholia(dictionary)
Melancholia(health)
Melancholia(medicine)
MELANCHOLIA, med(law)

nostos (iou) and involutional melancholia (medicine)


nostos (iou)



nostos noun. . L19.
[Greek.]
A homecoming, a homeward journey, spec. that of Odysseus and the Other heroes from Troy. Also, an account of such a homecoming or homeward journey, esp. as the conclusion of a literary work.

involutional melancholia (medicine)


involutional melancholia


A depressive disorder of middle life, commonly associated with the climacteric.