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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009771
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Preferred Name

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Definitions
An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, persistent obsessions or compulsions. Obsessions are the intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that are experienced as senseless or repugnant. Compulsions are repetitive and seemingly purposeful behavior which the individual generally recognizes as senseless and from which the individual does not derive pleasure although it may provide a release from tension.
Synonyms
Neurosis, Obsessive-Compulsive
Personalities, Anankastic
Obsessive-Compulsive Neuroses
Anankastic Personalities
Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive
Personality, Anankastic
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Neuroses, Obsessive-Compulsive
Neurosis, Obsessive Compulsive
Anankastic Personality
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis
Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive
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