neurasthenia
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From neur- + asthenia, after Italian nevrastenia.
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neurasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural neurasthenias)
- (psychiatry, dated) An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.
- Synonym: anergasia
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ill-defined medical condition
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