nervous disorder

Example Sentences

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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

Lady Darrell rose from her sick bed, but she was but the shadow of herself, and a victim to a terrible nervous disorder.

From Love Works Wonders A Novel by Brame, Charlotte M.