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neu·rot·ic1    Audio Help   [noo-rot-ik, nyoo-] Pronunciation Key Psychiatry.
–adjective
1.of, pertaining to, or characteristic of neurosis.
–noun
2.a neurotic person.

[Origin: 1870–75; neur(osis) + -otic]

neu·rot·ic·al·ly, adverb
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neu·rot·ic2    Audio Help   [noo-rot-ik, nyoo-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective Pathology.
pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.

[Origin: 1765–75; neuro- + -tic]
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neu·rot·ic    Audio Help   (nŏŏ-rŏt'ĭk, nyŏŏ-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or affected with a neurosis. No longer in scientific use.
  2. Informal Overanxious: neurotic about punctuality.

n.  
  1. A person suffering from a neurosis. No longer in scientific use.
  2. Informal A person prone to excessive anxiety and emotional upset.

neu·rot'i·cal·ly adv.
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neurotic  (adj.)
1775, "acting upon or stimulating the nerves," from Gk. neuron "nerve" (see neuro-) + -otic, as in hypnotic. Sense of "affected by neurosis" is 1887. The noun meaning "a neurotic person" is from 1896.

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neurotic

adjective
1. characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms" 
2. affected with emotional disorder [ant: unneurotic

noun
1. a person suffering from neurosis 

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neurotic neu·rot·ic (n&oobreve;-rŏt'ĭk, ny&oobreve;-)
adj.
Of, relating to, derived from, or affected with a neurosis. n.
A person suffering from a neurosis.

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Main Entry: 1neu·rot·ic
Pronunciation: n(y)u-'rät-ik
Function: adjective
1 a : of, relating to, or involving the nervesneurotic disorder> b : being a neurosis : NERVOUS neurotic disease>
2 : affected with, relating to, or characterized by neurosis
neurotic person> —neu·rot·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb

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Main Entry: 2neurotic
Function: noun
1 : one affected with a neurosis
2 : an emotionally unstable individual

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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.

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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.

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