anxiety neurosis

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anxiety neurosis

(Psychiatry) a relatively mild form of mental illness characterized by extreme distress and agitation, often occurring without any obvious cause

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anxiety neurosis - characterized by diffuse anxiety and often somatic manifestations of fear

neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis - a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction

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anxiety neurosis

n (Psych) → Angstneurose f

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