neurotic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: neurotic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for neurotic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neurotic adj characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms" affected with emotional disorder Synonym(s): neurotic, psychoneurotic Antonym(s): unneurotic n a person suffering from neurosis [syn: neurotic, psychoneurotic, mental case]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neurotic \Neurot"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] nerve.] 1. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic* disease. 2. Uself in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neurotic \Neurot"ic\, n. 1. A disease seated in the nerves. 2. (Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers. Note: Neurotic* as a class include all those poisons whose mains action is upon the brain and spinal cord. They may be divided 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.