- neurasthenia
- /n(y)uras0iyniya/ Neurosis manifested chiefly by exhaustion, mental and physical fatigue, irritability and poorly localized symptoms without any underlying physical disorder
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Neurasthenia — Neu*ras the*ni a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron nerve + ? weakness.] (Med.) A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
neurasthenia — (n.) nervous exhaustion, 1854, medical Latin, from neur (form of NEURO (Cf. neuro ) before a vowel) + asthenia, from Gk. aisthesis feeling, from PIE root *au to perceive (see AUDIENCE (Cf. audience)). Related: Neurasthenic … Etymology dictionary
neurasthenia — [noor΄əs thē′nē ə, nyoor΄əs thē nē ə] n. [ModL: see NEURO & ASTHENIA] a former category of mental disorder, including such symptoms as irritability, fatigue, weakness, anxiety, and localized pains without apparent physical causes, thought to… … English World dictionary
Neurasthenia — The tortrix moth genus Neurasthenia is nowadays considered a junior synonym of Epinotia. Neurasthenia Classification and external resources ICD 10 F48.0 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
neurasthenia — A nervous condition characterized by depression, worry, and pains having no apparent cause. Colorado Springs & I. R. Co. v Nichols, 41 Colo 272, 92 P 691. See traumatic neurasthenia … Ballentine's law dictionary
Neurasthenia (band) — Neurasthenia Background information Origin Bologna, Italy Genres thrash met … Wikipedia
Neurasthenia and George Miller Beard — (from 1869) Although New York electrotherapist George Beard (1839–1883) did not coin the term neurasthenia meaning literally tired nerves he launched it on its century long worldwide trajectory. A graduate of the College of Physicians and… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
neurasthenia — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1856 a psychological disorder marked especially by easy fatigability and often by lack of motivation, feelings of inadequacy, and psychosomatic symptoms compare chronic fatigue syndrome • neurasthenic… … New Collegiate Dictionary
neurasthenia — /noor euhs thee nee euh, nyoor /, n. Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion. [1855 60; NEUR + ASTHENIA] * * * … Universalium
neurasthenia — noun An ill defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance … Wiktionary
neurasthenia — An ill defined condition, commonly accompanying or following depression, characterized by vague fatigue believed to be brought on by psychological factors. [neur + G. astheneia, weakness] angiopathic n., angioparalytic n. an obsolete term for a… … Medical dictionary
