obsessive-compulsive disorder

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006001",
  "term": "obsessive-compulsive disorder",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "An anxiety disorder in which a person has intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that occur repeatedly, and in which he or she feels driven to perform certain behaviors over and over again. For example, a person may worry all the time about germs and so will wash his or her hands over and over again. Having an obsessive-compulsive disorder may cause a person to have trouble carrying out daily activities.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/"
}