neurotic disorder


neurotic

 [noo͡-rot´ik] 1. pertaining to or characterized by neurosis.2. a person affected with a neurosis.neurotic disorder neurosis.

neu·ro·sis

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neu·ro·ses

(nū-rō'sis, -sēz), 1. A psychological or behavioral disorder in which anxiety is the primary characteristic; defense mechanisms or any phobias are the adjustive techniques that a person learns to cope with this underlying anxiety. In contrast to the psychoses, people with a neurosis do not exhibit gross distortion of reality or gross disorganization of personality but in severe cases, those affected may be as disabled as those with a psychosis. 2. A functional nervous disease, or one in which there is no evident lesion. 3. A peculiar state of tension or irritability of the nervous system; any form of nervousness. Synonym(s): neurotic disorder [neuro- + G. -osis, condition]

neurotic disorder

Psychiatry A mental disorder in which the predominant disturbance is a distressing symptom or group of Sx which one considers unacceptable and alien to one's personality without a marked loss of reality testing; behavior does not actively violate gross social norms although it may be quite disabling; the disturbance is relatively enduring or recurrent without treatment and is not limited to a mild transitory reaction to stress; there is no demonstrable organic etiology

neu·ro·sis

, pl. neuroses (nūr-ō'sis, -sēz) 1. A psychological or behavioral disorder in which anxiety is the primary characteristic; defense mechanisms or any of the phobias are the adjustive techniques that a person learns to cope with this underlying anxiety. In contrast to the psychoses, people with a neurosis do not exhibit gross distortion of reality or disorganization of personality. 2. A functional nervous disease, or one for which there is no evident lesion. 3. A peculiar state of tension or irritability of the nervous system; any form of nervousness.
Synonym(s): neurotic disorder, psychoneurosis. [neuro- + G. -osis, condition]