| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; |
| 2. | Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves. | |
| 3. | Of or pertaining to neurosis{2}; characteristic of neurosis{2}; caused by neurosis{2}. | |
| n. | 1. | A disease seated in the nerves. |
| 2. | (Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers. | |
| 3. | A person afflicted with a neurosis{2}. |
| Noun | 1. | neurotic - a person suffering from neurosisSynonyms: mental case, psychoneurotic |
| Adj. | 1. | neurotic - characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms" |
| 2. | neurotic - affected with emotional disorder Synonyms: psychoneurotic Antonyms: unneurotic - not neurotic; "successful mothers--mothers with unneurotic children"; "he's the most unneurotic person I know" |
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