psychasthenia
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- psychasthenic adjective
Etymology
Origin of psychasthenia
From New Latin, dating back to 1905–10; see origin at psych-, asthenia
Example Sentences
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We shall see what an important rôle belongs to these facts, especially in the treatment of hysteria and psychasthenia, but the interpretation again ought to avoid all playing with the conception of the subconscious.
From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo
Yet the fact that the patient himself really does not will the effect at which he is aiming separates, mostly without difficulty, the diagnosis of psychasthenia from that of insanity.
From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo
Then you can check your notes and decide if it's schizophrenia, or catatonia, or psychasthenia, or what not.
From A Thought For Tomorrow by Gilbert, Robert E.
A case of psychasthenia in a child aged two years, due to coffee drinking.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
I went to see a stomach specialist who looked me over and gravely informed me that I had psychasthenia anorexia.
From Confessions of a Neurasthenic by Marrs, William Taylor
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