neurasthenia

neurasthenia

English

Etymology

From neur- +‎ asthenia, after Italian nevrastenia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθiːniə/

Noun

neurasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural neurasthenias)

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

   Synonym: anergasia

Derived terms

• neurasthenic
• neurasthenics

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)