Neurosis \Neu*ro"sis\, n.; pl. Neuroses. [NL., fr. gr. ? nerve.] (Med.) A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure.
neurosis n : a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction [syn: {neuroticism}, {psychoneurosis}] [also: {neuroses} (pl)]