neurasthenia

Noun

Meaning

A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

depression neurosis stress tension collapse animation anxiety sensitivity breakdown anger agitation flap impatience delirium disquiet
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Antonyms

fortitude heart faith spirit confidence nerve
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Hypernyms

nervous breakdown

Examples

Many years later I was told that the great specialist had admitted to friends of his that he had altered his treatment of neurasthenia since reading The Yellow Wallpaper.It was not intended to drive people crazy, but to save people from being driven crazy, and it worked. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Many years later I was told that the great specialist had admitted to friends of his that he had altered his treatment of neurasthenia since reading The Yellow Wallpaper. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Graves also suffered from shell shock, or neurasthenia as it was then called, but he was never hospitalised for it: I thought of going back to France, but realised the absurdity of the notion. Source: Internet

Soon afterwards, Owen was diagnosed as suffering from neurasthenia or shell shock and sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh for treatment. Source: Internet

Quoted in Morrison, p. 54 neurasthenia obliged him to rest for several months after the premiere. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

neurapophysis neurapraxia neurapraxic neurastheniac neurasthenic neurasthenical