Neu*rot"ic (?), a. [Gr. nerve.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.
2.
Uself in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
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Neu*rot"ic, n.
1.
A disease seated in the nerves.
2. Med.
Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.
⇒ Neurotic as a class include all those poisons whose mains action is upon the brain and spinal cord. They may be divided 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.
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