neurasthenia
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of neurasthenia
Vocabulary lists containing neurasthenia
Body Parts: Neur ("Nerve")
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Among such groups of ailments are: Neurasthenia or nervous prostration.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wave has its feathered crest, and so had I; wine has its fire, and so had I. Neurasthenia, the ape of all the diseases, pursues me.
From Look Back on Happiness by Wiking, Paula
A word to a brother who may have come under the spell of the unquiet Lady Neurasthenia.
From Sixes and Sevens by Henry, O.
Neurasthenia has been divided into cerebral, spinal, and otherwise, according as the fears and sensations of the patient are referred to one or another part of his body.
From Why Worry? by Walton, George Lincoln
"Neurasthenia," said Mrs. Biggums to her cook, "I think we will have some chicken croquettes today out of that leftover pork and calves' liver."
From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix
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