3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Neurotic  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Neurotic  \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. 
 
  Note:  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  neurotic 
  adj  1:  characteristic  of  or  affected  by  neurosis;  "neurotic 
  disorder";  "neurotic  symptoms" 
  2:  affected  with  emotional  disorder  [syn:  {psychoneurotic}] 
  [ant:  {unneurotic}] 
  n  :  a  person  suffering  from  neurosis  [syn:  {psychoneurotic},  {mental 
  case}] 

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