obsessive-compulsive
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Definition(s):
- (n) a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics
- (adj) characterized by obsessions and compulsions
Derived Word(s)
Usage(s):
- The swimmer's approach to training is a touch obsessive-compulsive.
- In another trial Rezai and colleagues at Brown University implanted DBS electrodes in 10 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Grant theorizes that trichotillomania may be a kind of grooming irregularity that falls into the obsessive-compulsive family of disorders.
Quotes
- "I'm slightly obsessive-compulsive about what I eat, more than I should be," Underwood told Glamour magazine.on Dec 11, 2007 By: Carrie Underwood Source: China Daily
- "My character is young and confident and a little quirky," Wahlberg said Tuesday afternoon before a session at the TV critics press tour for his upcoming A&E movie "Kings of South Beach." "He's got some obsessive-compulsive things. He's sort...on Jan 10, 2007 By: Donnie Wahlberg Source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette
- "The genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder and other mental illnesses are likely to be very complex -- and very difficult to study in humans," said Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National...on Oct 5, 2007 By: Francis Collins Source: Los Angeles Times
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