obsessive-compulsive disorder
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
obsessive-compulsive disorder (countable and uncountable, plural obsessive-compulsive disorders)
- (medicine, psychology) A mental and behavioral disorder, characterized by obsessive intrusive thoughts and a compulsion to ease the resulting distress by repeating specific routines or rituals, regardless of their interference with other activities.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) OCD
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Translations[edit]
mental disorder
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Further reading[edit]
- obsessive-compulsive disorder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia