neurasthenia

English

Etymology

From neur- +‎ asthenia, after (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian nevrastenia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθiːniə/

Noun

neurasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural neurasthenias)

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

   Synonym: anergasia

Derived terms

• neurasthenic
• neurasthenics

Translations

ill-defined medical condition

• Catalan: neurastènia f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: neurastenie f
• Dutch: neurasthenie (nl) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: neurastenia, väsymysoireyhtymä
• Irish: néaraistéine f
• Macedonian: неврастенија (nevrastenija), со слаби живци (so slabi živci) (idiomatic)
• Portuguese: neurastenia (pt) f
• Russian: неврастени́я (ru) f (nevrasteníja)