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intrusive thought

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004465

An unpleasant memory or idea that occurs often in a person’s everyday thoughts and keeps him or her from thinking about other things. Interfering thoughts can make sleep difficult and make a person unable to carry out daily activities. Also called interfering thought.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004465
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsinterfering thought
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "An unpleasant memory or idea that occurs often in a person’s everyday thoughts and keeps him or her from thinking about other things. Interfering thoughts can make sleep difficult and make a person unable to carry out daily activities. Also called interfering thought.",
  "synonyms": [
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  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/intrusive-thought/"
}

Record 9,443 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.