neurasthenia

English

Etymology

From neur- +‎ asthenia, after Italian nevrastenia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθiːniə/

Noun

neurasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural neurasthenias)

(psychiatry) An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.
Synonym: anergasia

Derived terms

Translations

ill-defined medical condition

Catalan: neurastènia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 神經衰弱 (zh), 神经衰弱 (zh) (shénjīng shuāiruò)
Czech: neurastenie f
Dutch: neurasthenie (nl) f

Finnish: neurastenia, väsymysoireyhtymä
Irish: néaraistéine f
Macedonian: неврастенија (nevrastenija), со слаби живци (so slabi živci) (idiomatic)
Portuguese: neurastenia (pt) f
Russian: неврастени́я (ru) f (nevrasteníja)

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