*neurotic*

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 ]