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Definition of: neurasthenia

(noobrever′əs·thēnē·ə, -thēnyə, nyoobrever′-) noun
1. Pathol. Derangement of the nervous system with depression of vital force; nervous prostration.
2. Psychoanal. A neurosis characterized by physical disorder, as headache, constipation, etc., originated by inadequate expression of the libido. [<NL <Gk. neuron a nerve + asthenia weakness]
—neu
ras·then′ic (-thenik) adjective & noun

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