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