neurocirculatory asthenia

[noo r-oh-sur-kyuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, nyoo r-]

noun Pathology.

cardiac neurosis.

Origin of neurocirculatory asthenia

1915–20; neuro- + circulatory

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neurocirculatory asthenia in Medicine

neurocirculatory asthenia

[nur′ō-sûr′kyə-lə-tôr′ē]

n.

A former designation for a syndrome characterized by increased susceptibility to fatigue, dyspnea, rapid pulse, precordial pain, and anxiety, observed especially in soldiers on active duty.DaCosta's syndrome effort syndrome irritable heart soldier's heart