A modal auxiliary verb, often simply called a modal verb or even just a modal, is used to change the meaning of other verbs (commonly known as main verbs) by expressing modalityâthat is, asserting (or denying) possibility, likelihood, ability, permission, obligation, or future intention.
Euthymia (medicine) Euthymia is a normal non-depressed, reasonably positive mood. It is distinguished from hyperthymia, which refers to an extremely happy mood, and dysthymia, which refers to a depressed mood. It is a term used frequently in mental status exams.
cyÂ·clic. 1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a cycle; occurring periodically, denoting the course of the symptoms in certain diseases or disorders. 2. chemistry Pertaining to a molecule containing a ring of atoms; denoting a cyclic compound. , cyclical (sÄ«â²klik, sikâ²lik; sÄ«â²kli-kÄl, sikâ²li-kÄl) [L. cyclicus fr.