"OCD" meaning in English

See OCD in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more OCD [comparative], most OCD [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} OCD (comparative more OCD, superlative most OCD)
  1. (figurative, sometimes offensive) Exhibiting an obsessive tendency. Tags: figuratively, offensive, sometimes
    Sense id: en-OCD-en-adj-Q1epG~Ya
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0 0 0

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} OCD
  1. (Philippines) Initialism of Office of Civil Defense. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Office of Civil Defense Related terms: OCPD, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, autism
    Sense id: en-OCD-en-name-soct3vAu Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Philippine English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} OCD (uncountable)
  1. (medicine, psychology) Initialism of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Sense id: en-OCD-en-noun-mhNCNTyG Categories (other): Medicine, Psychology, Psychology Disambiguation of Psychology: 2 9 80 5 4 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences
  2. (medicine) Initialism of osteochondritis dissecans. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: osteochondritis dissecans
    Sense id: en-OCD-en-noun-TAGTfUXl Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 19 12 38 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 20 10 39 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 20 11 40 19 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (publishing, history) Initialism of Oxford Classical Dictionary. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Oxford Classical Dictionary
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Derived forms: OCPD, symmetrical OCD
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0 0 0
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