anxiety neurosis

Other forms: anxiety neuroses

Definitions of anxiety neurosis
  1. noun
    characterized by diffuse anxiety and often somatic manifestations of fear
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    type of:
    neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis
    a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
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