Preferred Name |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
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Synonyms |
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Definitions |
A disorder characterized by the presence of persistent and recurrent irrational thoughts (obsessions), resulting in marked anxiety and repetitive excessive behaviors (compulsions) as a way to try to decrease that anxiety. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C88411 |
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ALT_DEFINITION |
An anxiety disorder in which a person has intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that occur repeatedly, and in which he or she feels driven to perform certain behaviors over and over again. For example, a person may worry all the time about germs and so will wash his or her hands over and over again. Having an obsessive-compulsive disorder may cause a person to have trouble carrying out daily activities. |
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code |
C88411 |
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Contributing_Source |
Cellosaurus NICHD |
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definition |
A disorder characterized by the presence of persistent and recurrent irrational thoughts (obsessions), resulting in marked anxiety and repetitive excessive behaviors (compulsions) as a way to try to decrease that anxiety. |
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in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C90259 |
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label |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
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Preferred_Name |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
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prefixIRI |
NCIT:C88411 |
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prefLabel |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
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Semantic_Type |
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction |
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UMLS_CUI |
C0028768 |
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subClassOf |