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Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

see synonyms of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Noun

1. obsessive-compulsive disorder

an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

see synonyms of obsessive-compulsive disorder
noun
psychiatry
an anxiety disorder in which patients are driven to repeat the same act, such as washing their hands, over and over again, usually for many hours
. Abbreviation: OCD

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Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

see synonyms of obsessive-compulsive disorder
n.
Abbr. OCD A psychiatric disorder characterized by the presence of either obsessions (repeated, unwanted, often distressing thoughts), or compulsions (the feeling of being driven to repeatedly perform certain behaviors or mental activities), or both, with the symptoms being severe enough to impair normal functioning.

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