NEUROSIS
\njuːɹˈə͡ʊsɪs], \njuːɹˈəʊsɪs], \n_j_uː_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of NEUROSIS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
By Princeton University
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a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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1. A nervous disease, especially a functional nervous disease or one which is dependent upon no evident lesion. 2. A peculiar state of tension or irritability of the nervous system; any form of nervousness.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A functional affection, such as neuralgia, of the nervous system unattended by inflammation or any ascertainable structural lesion. See also psychoneurosis. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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