Neurotic
n.
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A disease seated in the nerves.
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(Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.
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A person afflicted with a neurosis{2}.
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.