Look up: neurasthenia


  1. neurasthenia
    [n] - nervous breakdown (not in technical use)
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  2. Neurasthenia
    Literally means weakness of the nerves. This is not a diagnosis. Often applied to women. The term is used nowadays more as a description of a person`s personality than their illness. It can be derogatory. It is a euphemism for stupid, emotional, neurotic or inadequate (women were though of thus in t...
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  3. neurasthenia
    nervous exhaustion
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  4. Neurasthenia
    An old- fashioned term for a condition in which there is much mental and physical fatigue, inability to concentrate, loss of appetite and a failure of memory
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  5. neurasthenia
    An old-fashioned unspecific word usually meaning weakness of the nervous system or nervous exhaustion. Not a phrase that is used much these days.
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  6. Neurasthenia
    neurotic condition
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  7. Neurasthenia
    Tiredness or exhaustion, often in excess of what would seem appropriate from purely physical causes.
    Found op http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsMM/MedHerbGloss2.txt

  8. Neurasthenia
    Severe nerve weakness; nervous exhaustion.
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  9. Neurasthenia
    Irritability, headache, dizziness, anxiety, impatience.
    Found op http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/3822.pdf

  10. Neurasthenia
    Neu·ras`the·ni'a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... nerve + ... weakness.] (Medicine) A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.
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  11. neurasthenia
    <neurology> A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Nerve + weakness. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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  12. neurasthenia
    noun nervous breakdown (not in technical use)
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  1. neurasthenia
    (noor″әs-the´ne-ә) a virtually obsolete term formerly used to describe a vague disorder marked by chronic abnormal fatigability, moderate depression, inability to concentrate, loss of appetite, insomnia, and other symptoms. Popularly called nervous prostration. adj., neurasthen´i...
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  2. Neurasthenia
    • (n.) A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord. • (n.) A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.
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  3. neurasthenia
    (from the article `shamanism`) ...possessed of the ability to heal and to divine; this person is held to be of great use to society in dealing with the spirit world. This figure ... ...of the muscular system. Neurocirculatory asthenia is a clinical syndrome characterized by breathing difficulties, h...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/28

  4. neurasthenia
    neurasthenia A disorder originally thought to result from neural exhaustion, including such symptoms as chronic fatigue, weakness, and irritability.
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  5. Neurasthenia
    Neurasthenia is a psycho-pathological term first used by George Miller Beard in 1869 to denote a condition with symptoms of fatigue, anxiety, headache, neuralgia and depressed mood. The term had been used at least as early as 1829 to label a mechanical weakness of the actual nerves, rather than the...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurasthenia

  6. neurasthenia
    neurasthenia (nyoor"usthē'nēa) , condition characterized by general lassitude, irritability, lack of concentration, worry, and hypochondria. The term was introduced into psychiatry in 1869 by G. M. Beard, an American neurologist. Used by Freud to describe a fundamental disorder i...
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  7. Neurasthenia
    Neurasthenia is an obsolete technical term for a neurosis characterised by extreme lassitude and the inability to cope with any but the most trivial tasks.
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  8. neurasthenia
    Type: Term Pronunciation: nūr′as-thē′nē-ă Definitions: 1. An ill-defined condition, commonly accompanying or following depression, characterized by vague fatigue believed to be brought on by psychological factors.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=59959

  9. Neurasthenia
    Neurasthenia is a condition marked by fatigue, worry, inadequacy, and lack of zest and often by headache, undue sensitiveness to light and noise, and by disturbances of digestion and circulation.
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  10. neurasthenia
    An old-fashioned unspecific word usually meaning weakness of the nervous system or nervous exhaustion. Not a phrase that is used much these days.
    Found op http://rsi.org.uk/medical_glossary/medgloss2_N.html

  11. Neurasthenia
    [band] Neurasthenia is a thrash metal band from Bologna, Italy. ==History== The band`s original name was "Animalator" and was formed in 1996. Two demos were recorded: Thrash Metal in 2001 and What Fuckin` happens? in 2002. But the band split up in 2003. In summer 2004 former Animalator membe...
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  12. neurasthenia
    1) Nervous breakdown
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/neurasthenia/1

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