nervous disorder

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“Dr. King had a tic, a nervous disorder that would present itself out of the blue,” he said.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2017

“By better techniques we see one nervous disorder after the other moving on from the functional into the organic level.”

From Nature • Oct. 25, 2016

Zika is also linked to Guillain-Barré syndrome, a paralyzing nervous disorder.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2016

The local manor has been requisitioned as a hospital, though its owner, Montague Beckwith, is a casualty himself, his skin having broken out in a nervous disorder "like an exoskeleton, or a suit of scaly armour".

From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2013

But she knew that he felt for his daughter very deeply—although Laura believed, with the other neighbors, that if Mrs. Kerrick would rouse herself, she could shake off much of her nervous disorder.

From The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors by Morrison, Gertrude W.