Neurosis



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 精神病
• ［英］ n. 精神病 ( mental functional disorders)
• ［记］ neur ( 神经) +osis ( 病) -> 精神病

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural neuroses)

• Etymology: New Latin
• Date: circa 1784
• 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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