Medical Dictionary
neurosis
noun neu·ro·sis \n(y)u̇-ˈrō-səs\
plural neu·ro·ses \-ˌsēz\
Medical Definition of NEUROSIS
: a mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, is accompanied by a less distorted perception of reality than in a psychosis, does not result in disturbance of the use of language, and is accompanied by various physical, physiological, and mental disturbances (as visceral symptoms, anxieties, or phobias)
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