Look up: neurasthenia

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   neurasthenia
   [n] - nervous breakdown (not in technical use)
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   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 the past) it can also mean depression or feeble min ...
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   neurasthenia
   nervous exhaustion
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   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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   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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   Neurasthenia
   neurotic condition
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   Neurasthenia
   Tiredness or exhaustion, often in excess of what would seem appropriate from purely physical causes.
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   Neurasthenia
   Severe nerve weakness; nervous exhaustion.
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   Neurasthenia
   Irritability, headache, dizziness, anxiety, impatience.
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    neurasthenia
    an ill-defined condition,commonly accompanying or following depression,characterized by vague functional fatigue Category: Medicine
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    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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    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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    neurasthenia
    noun nervous breakdown (not in technical use)
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    Neurasthenia
    `Neurasthenia` was first used by George Miller Beard in 1869 to label a condition with symptoms of fatigue, anxiety, headache, impotence, neuralgia and depression. Americans were supposed to be particularly prone to neurasthenia, which resulted in the nickname ``Americanitis`` (popularized by William James).
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    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´ic., adj.
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    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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    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, heart palpitations, a shortness ... ...
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    neurasthenia
    neurasthenia A disorder originally thought to result from neural exhaustion, including such symptoms as chronic fatigue, weakness, and irritability.
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    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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