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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Neurotic

/no͝or-ät'-ĭk/ · Neu·rot·ic · IPA /n(j)ʊəˈɹɒtɪk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.
  2. 2.
    Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
  3. 3.
    Of or pertaining to neurosis{2}; characteristic of neurosis{2}; caused by neurosis{2}.
02 n. A disease seated in the nerves.
  1. 1.
    A disease seated in the nerves.
  2. 2.
    Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.(Med.)
  3. 3.
    A person afflicted with a neurosis{2}.