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psychoneurotic

[ sahy-koh-noo-rot-ik, -nyoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1900–05; psycho- + neurotic ¹

It is not, therefore, only the psychoneurotic whose unconscious takes the form of the "Œdipus complex."

They develop exactly as psychoneurotic conditions do in the abdomen or in joints.

The paper acts as a constant source of suggestion for the cure of the psychoneuroses when the affection is purely psychoneurotic.

These psychoneurotic conditions in large muscles help us to understand what happens in organic diseases.

It is in those of delicate health, neurotic disposition, and psychoneurotic tendencies, that reassurances are needed.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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