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adj
Of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person who has neurasthenia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
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adjective
of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
a person suffering a nervous breakdown
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
History
From neurasthenia + -ic or neur- + asthenia + -ic. By surface analysis, neur- (“nerve”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ic (“adjective suffix”).
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
