Sentence:  Since strong nociceptive stimuli produce an experimental neurosis during which the animals fail to eat in the experimental situation , Wolpe thought that he could utilize the feeding pain antagonism to inhibit the neurotic <WSD>symptoms</WSD> through feeding . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease