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Record 1 2009-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

An obsessional preoccupation with a single idea or system of ideas which dominates the mind despite all efforts to dislodge it. Observed in anxiety states and other psychiatric disorders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Tendance morbide à revenir inlassablement sur une même réflexion improductive, observée lors de certains syndromes dépressifs ou certains délires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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