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Psychiatry
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adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of
neurosis
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noun
2.
a neurotic person.
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Origin:
1870–75;
neur(osis)
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-otic
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neu·rot·ic·al·ly,
adverb
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un·neu·rot·i·cal·ly,
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neurotic
(njʊˈrɒtɪk)
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adj
1.
of, relating to, or afflicted by neurosis
—
n
2.
a person who is afflicted with a neurosis or who tends to be emotionally unstable or unusually anxious
neu'rotically
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adv
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