staggered terms. Membership terms for a firm's directors that expire in different years. A firm with 12 directors might have 4-year terms with 3 seats up for election each year. Staggered terms make it more difficult for a raider to gain control of a board.
Definition of mood disorder. : any of several psychological disorders (as major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder) characterized by abnormalities of emotional state âcalled also affective disorder.
Medical Definition of BIPOLAR DISORDER. : any of several mood disorders characterized usually by alternating episodes of depression and mania or by episodes of depression alternating with mild nonpsychotic excitementâcalled also bipolar affective disorder, bipolar illness, manic depression, manic-depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis; ....efinition of BIPOLAR DISORDER. : any of several psychological disorders of mood characterized usually by alternating episodes of depression and mania âcalled also manic depression, manic-depressive illness.