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Neurasthenia

//ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθiːniə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance. countable, dated, uncountable
  2. 2
    nervous breakdown (not in technical use) wordnet

Etymology

From neur- + asthenia, after Italian nevrastenia. By surface analysis, neur- (“nerve”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).

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