obsessive-compulsive disorder

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obsessive-compulsive disorder (countable and uncountable, plural obsessive-compulsive disorders)

  1. (medicine, psychology) A mental and behavioral disorder, characterized by obsessive intrusive thoughts and a compulsion to ease the resulting distress by repeating specific routines or rituals, regardless of their interference with other activities.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) OCD

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