Medical Dictionary

depressed

adj de·pressed \di-ˈprest\

Medical Definition of DEPRESSED

1
:  low in spirits; specifically :  affected by psychological depression <a severely depressed patient>
2
a :  having the central part lower than the margin <a depressed pustule> b :  dorsoventrally flattened <the tapeworm is a depressed animal—R. A. Wardle & J. A. McLeod>
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