OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE NEUROSIS
\ɒbsˈɛsɪv kəmpˈʌlsɪv njuːɹˈə͡ʊsɪs], \ɒbsˈɛsɪv kəmpˈʌlsɪv njuːɹˈəʊsɪs], \ɒ_b_s_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_v k_ə_m_p_ˈʌ_l_s_ɪ_v n_j_uː_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
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An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, persistent obsessions or compulsions. Obsessions are the intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that are experienced as senseless or repugnant. Compulsions are repetitive and seemingly purposeful behavior which the individual generally recognizes as senseless and from which the individual does not derive pleasure although it may provide a release from tension.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).