psychoneurosis
Americannoun
plural
psychoneurosesnoun
Other Word Forms
- psychoneurotic adjective
Etymology
Origin of psychoneurosis
Example Sentences
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U.S. citizens lay out $100 per case per year for polio research v. a measly 25� per case for psychoneurosis.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been sent back by his divisional medical officer, tentatively diagnosed as a severe case of psychoneurosis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Few of them have heard of such fancy flyers' ailments as psychoneurosis.
From Time Magazine Archive
One talesman's medical certificate, which reported a psychoneurosis, set him frowning.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is applicable in cases of chronic psychoneurosis which exhibit no difficult or dangerous phenomena.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
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