a. [ Gr. ney^ron nerve. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to neurosis{ 2 }; characteristic of neurosis{ 2 }; caused by neurosis{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A disease seated in the nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Neurotics as a class include all those poisons whose main action is upon the brain and spinal cord. They may be divided into three orders: (a) Cerebral neurotics, or those which affect the brain only. (b) Spinal neurotics, or tetanics, those which affect the spinal cord. (c) Cerebro-spinal neurotics, or those which affect both brain and spinal cord. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person afflicted with a neurosis{ 2 }. [ PJC ]