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neurosis

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 18.07.2025

Meanings

kergesti tekkivas väsimuses, ülitundlikkuses, teotahte nõrgenemises vms seisnev psüühika talitluse häire, mida on seostatud närvisüsteemi või iseloomu iseärasustega

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 737146 Last modified 28.09.2020
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Domain pathologypsychology - psychiatry
  • orgaanilise tekkepõhjuseta psüühiline häire, kus säilib tõelisuse taju ja patsient kannatab lahendamatute vastuolude põhjustatud korduvate või suhteliselt püsivate haigusnähtude (mh. masendus, foobiad, sundteod või erilised kehalised vaevused) käes
  • närvisüsteemi psüühilise talitluse häire, mille puhul ilmnevad tunde- ja tahteelu muutused, kuid puuduvad orgaanilised kahjustused
  • a mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, is accompanied by a less distorted perception of reality than in a psychosis, does not result in disturbance of the use of language, and is accompanied by various physical, physiological, and mental disturbances (such as visceral symptoms, anxieties, or phobias)
  • a psychological or behavioral disorder in which anxiety is the primary characteristic; defense mechanisms or any phobias are the adjustive techniques that a person learns to cope with this underlying anxiety
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  • Vt ka kirjet „psühhoos“. [17.05.2018]
  • tekib tavaliselt rohkete negatiivsete psüühiliste elamuste tagajärjel
neuroos
neurosis
Usage examples
  • In contrast to the psychoses, people with a neurosis do not exhibit gross distortion of reality or gross disorganization of personality but in severe cases, those affected may be as disabled as those with a psychosis.
  • Neuroses are characterized by anxiety, depression, or other feelings of unhappiness or distress that are out of proportion to the circumstances of a person’s life.
neurosis

Loomakasvatuse terminibaas

ID 475845 Last modified 02.11.2022
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  • närvisüsteemi psüühilise talitluse häire

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