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Neurotic - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Neurotic : adj
1: characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic
disorder"; "neurotic symptoms"
2: affected with emotional disorder [syn: psychoneurotic]
[ant: unneurotic]
(noun)
1: a person suffering from neurosis [syn: psychoneurotic, mental
case]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Neurotic : \Neu*rot"ic\, a. [Gr. ? nerve.]
1. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves;
nervous; as, a neurotic disease.
2. Uself in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Neurotic : \Neu*rot"ic\, n.
1. A disease seated in the nerves.
2. (Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to
the great nerve centers.
Note: Neurotic as a class include all those poisons whose
mains action is upon the brain and spinal cord. They
may be divided three orders: (a) Cerebral neurotics, or
those which affect the brain only. (b) Spinal
neurotics, or tetanics, those which affect the spinal
cord. (c) Cerebro-spinal neurotics, or those which
affect both brain and spinal cord.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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