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Definition obsessive compulsive disorder in American English

obsessive compulsive disorder noun

[uncountable] noun
1

a mental illness that makes you keep repeating an action such as washing your hands, in order to avoid painful thoughts

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Definition obsessive compulsive disorder in American English