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neurotic
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Neurotic \Neu*rot"ic\, a. [Gr. ney^ron nerve.]
1. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves;
nervous; as, a neurotic disease.
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2. Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
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3. Of or pertaining to neurosis[2]; characteristic of
neurosis[2]; caused by neurosis[2].
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Neurotic \Neu*rot"ic\, n.
1. A disease seated in the nerves.
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2. (Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to
the great nerve centers.
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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.
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3. A person afflicted with a neurosis[2].
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