Neurotic

Neurotic
Neurotic Neu*rot"ic, n. 1. A disease seated in the nerves. [1913 Webster]

2. (Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3. A person afflicted with a neurosis[2]. [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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