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Nov 30, 2009
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compensa'tion neuro"sis



Psychiatry.
an unconscious attempt to retain physical or psychological symptoms of illness when some advantage may be obtained (distinguished from malingering).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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