obsessive-compulsive disorder

English

Noun

obsessive-compulsive disorder (countable and uncountable, plural obsessive-compulsive disorders)

1. (medicine, psychology) A mental and behavioral disorder, characterized by obsessive intrusive thoughts and a compulsion to ease the resulting distress by repeating specific routines or rituals, regardless of their interference with other activities.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) OCD

Related terms

• obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
• symmetrical OCD

Translations

mental disorder

• Arabic: اِضْطِرَاب الْوَسْوَاس الْقَهْرِيّ m (iḍṭirāb al-waswās al-qahriyy)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 強迫症／强迫症 (koeng⁵ bik¹ zing³)

  Mandarin: 強迫性神經失調／强迫性神经失调 (qiángpòxìng shénjīng shītiáo), 強迫症／强迫症 (zh) (qiángpòzhèng, qiǎngpòzhèng), 強迫性障礙／强迫性障碍 (qiángpòxìng zhàng'ài)

• Danish: OCD c
• Dutch: dwangstoornis (nl) f
• Finnish: pakko-oireinen häiriö
• French: trouble obsessionnel compulsif (fr) m, TOC (fr)
• German: Zwangsstörung (de)
• Greek: ιδεοψυχαναγκαστική διαταραχή f (ideopsychanagkastikí diatarachí)
• Hebrew: הפרעה טורדנית-כפייתית f (hafra'a tordanit-k'fiyatit)
• Hindi: जुनूनी बाध्यकारी विकार (junūnī bādhyakārī vikār)
• Hungarian: kényszerbetegség (hu) sg
• Icelandic: áráttu-þráhyggjuröskun f
• Irish: neamhord éigníoch dúghafach m
• Italian: disturbo ossessivo-compulsivo m
• Japanese: 強迫性障害 (きょうはくせいしょうがい, kyouhakuseishougai)
• Korean: 강박 장애 (gangbak jang'ae)
• Malay: kecelaruan obsesif kompulsif
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zaburzenia obsesyjno-kompulsywne
• Portuguese: transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo (pt) m
• Russian: обсессивно-компульсивное расстройство (ru) (obsessivno-kompulʹsivnoje rasstrojstvo)
• Spanish: trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo m
• Swedish: tvångssyndrom n
• Thai: โรคย้ำคิดย้ำทำ
• Ukrainian: обсеси́вно-компульси́вний ро́злад m (obsesývno-kompulʹsývnyj rózlad)
• Vietnamese: rối loạn ám ảnh cưỡng chế

Further reading

• obsessive-compulsive disorder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia