neurasthenia

English

Etymology

From neur- +‎ asthenia, after Italian nevrastenia. By surface analysis, neur- (“nerve”) +‎ a- (“not”) +‎ sthen- (“strength”) +‎ -ia (“disease”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθiːniə/

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Noun

neurasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural neurasthenias)

1. (psychiatry, dated) An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.

   Synonym: anergasia

Derived terms

• neurasthenic
• neurasthenics

Related terms

• neurosthenia

Translations

ill-defined medical condition

• Catalan: neurastènia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神經衰弱 / 神经衰弱 (zh) (shénjīng shuāiruò), 神經衰弱症 / 神经衰弱症 (shénjīng shuāiruò zhèng)

• Czech: neurastenie f
• Dutch: neurasthenie (nl) f
• Finnish: neurastenia, väsymysoireyhtymä, heikkohermoisuus (fi)
• French: neurasthénie (fr) f
• Irish: néaraistéine f
• Japanese: 神経衰弱 (ja) (しんけいすいじゃく, shinkeisuijaku)
• Kazakh: жүйке бұзылу (jüike būzylu), жүйкесі жұқару (jüikesı jūqaru)
• Korean: 신경쇠약(神經衰弱) (ko) (sin'gyeongsoeyak)
• Macedonian: неврастенија (nevrastenija), со слаби живци (so slabi živci) (idiomatic)
• Polish: neurastenia (pl) f
• Portuguese: neurastenia (pt) f
• Russian: неврастени́я (ru) f (nevrasteníja)