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Definition of: psychoneurosis
(sī′kō·n
·rō′sis, -ny-) noun plural ·ses (-sēz) Psychiatry
A nervous disorder originating in distrubed psychic or mental functions, usually without or independent of organic symptoms: characterized by anxiety, phobias, compulsions, obsessions, etc.
—psy′cho·neu·rot′ic (-rot′ik) adjective & noun
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