Neurotic
Neurotic , adjective
[Greek ney^ron nerve.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.
2.
Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
3.
Of or pertaining to neurosis{2}; characteristic of neurosis{2}; caused by neurosis{2}.
Neurotic , noun
1.
A disease seated in the nerves.
2.
(Medicine) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.
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.
3.
A person afflicted with a neurosis{2}.