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)

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