obsessive–compulsive disorder
OCD sufferers often feel the need to wash their hands repeatedly.
obsessive–compulsive disorder
/ əbˌsɛs.ɪv kəmˈpʌl.sɪv dɪˌsɔrdər / nouna psychological condition where a person has certain thoughts repeatedly or feels the need to perform certain actions repeatedly:
Obsessive–compulsive disorder affects about one person in forty at some point in their life.The abbreviation is OCD:
OCD can be a very debilitating condition. | OCD sufferers often feel the need to check things repeatedly.