Medical Dictionary
obsessive–compulsive disorder
noun
Medical Definition of OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
: a psychoneurotic disorder in which the patient is beset with obsessions or compulsions or both and suffers extreme anxiety or depression through failure to think the obsessive thoughts or perform the compelling acts—abbreviation OCD; called also obsessive-compulsive neurosis, obsessive-compulsive reaction
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