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Neurasthenia

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Noun

1. neurasthenia

nervous breakdown (not in technical use)

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Neurasthenia

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noun
an obsolete technical term for a neurosis characterized by extreme lassitude and inability to cope with any but the most trivial tasks

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Neurasthenia

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noun
a former category of mental disorder, including such symptoms as irritability, fatigue, weakness, anxiety, and localized pains without apparent physical causes, thought to result from weakness or exhaustion of the nervous system

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Neurasthenia

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n.
A group of symptoms, including chronic physical and mental fatigue, weakness, and generalized aches and pains, formerly thought to result from exhaustion of the nervous system and now usually considered a psychological disorder. The term is no longer in clinical use in many parts of the world.

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