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Ichthyosis vs Neurosis - What's the difference?

ichthyosis | neurosis |

As nouns the difference between ichthyosis and neurosis

is that ichthyosis is a disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin while neurosis is a mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear.

ichthyosis

English

(wikipedia ichthyosis)

Noun

  • (disease) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.
  • * 1926 , Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier’, Norton 2005, p. 1506:
    • A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis , a scale-like affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly non-infective.

    Derived terms

    * dysplastic ichthyosis * harlequin ichthyosis, harlequin type ichthyosis * ichthyosis bullosa * ichthyosis congenita * ichthyosis fetalis * ichthyosis hystrix * ichthyosis vulgaris * lamellar ichthyosis

    neurosis

    English

    (wikipedia neurosis)

    Noun

    (neuroses)
  • (pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear
  • * Usage note: This term is no longer used medically/professionally.

    • Usage notes

    According to Wikipedia the term is no longer part of mainstream psychiatric terminology in the United States, though it continues to be employed in psychoanalytic theory and practice, and in various other theoretical disciplines.

    Derived terms

    * aeroneurosis * neurotic * neuroticism * psychoneurosis

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