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NEURASTHENIA
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nervous breakdown (not in technical use)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("neurasthenia" is a kind of...):
nervous breakdown (a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder)
Derivation:
neurasthenic (of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia)