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Neurotic

Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.

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Compulsive 84% connected

Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.

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Compulsive 84% connected

Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.

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Delusional 84% connected

Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.

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Delusional 84% connected

Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.

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Disturbed 84% connected

of Disturb

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Disturbed 84% connected

of Disturb

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Hypochondriac 84% connected

Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.

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Hypochondriac 84% connected

Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.

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Hypochondriacal 84% connected

Same as Hypochondriac, 2.

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Hypochondriacal 84% connected

Same as Hypochondriac, 2.

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Hysteric 84% connected

Alt. of Hysterical

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Hysteric 84% connected

Alt. of Hysterical

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Hysterical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics; convulsive, fitful.

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Hysterical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics; convulsive, fitful.

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Monomaniacal 84% connected

Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion.

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Monomaniacal 84% connected

Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion.

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Pathological 84% connected

Of or pertaining to pathology.

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Pathological 84% connected

Of or pertaining to pathology.

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Narrower term 1

Hysteric 76% connected

Alt. of Hysterical

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Broader term 1

Sufferer 76% connected

One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are suffer…

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Derivationally related 2

Neurosis 74% connected

A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure.

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Neurosis 74% connected

A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure.

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Neurosis 66% connected

A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure.

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