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/nʊrˈɑtɪk/ Listen

adjective

Neurotic adj.

Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.

Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.

Of or pertaining to neurosis (2); characteristic of neurosis (2); caused by neurosis (2).

noun

Neurotic n.

A disease seated in the nerves.

(Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers. Note: Neurotics as a class include all those poisons whose main action is upon the brain and spinal cord. They may be divided into 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.

A person afflicted with a neurosis (2).

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