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neurasthenia

/ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθiːniə/

neurasthenia noun: an ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.

Noun

neurasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural neurasthenias)

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

neurasthenia meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

neurasthenia in Tamil

நரம்புத் தளர்ச்சி, நியூறஸ்தீனியா, நரம்புத்தளர்ச்சி

neurasthenia in Urdu

ضعف اعصاب

neurasthenia in Bengali

স্নায়ুতন্ত্রের অবসন্ন অবস্থা, স্নায়বিক অবসন্নতা, স্নায়ুদৌর্বল্য

Synonyms of neurasthenia

Forms of neurasthenia

pluralneurasthenias

Origin of neurasthenia

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

Words formed from neurasthenia

Questions about neurasthenia

What does neurasthenia mean?
Neurasthenia means an ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.
What is neurasthenia in Tamil?
Neurasthenia in Tamil is நரம்புத் தளர்ச்சி, நியூறஸ்தீனியா, நரம்புத்தளர்ச்சி. See Neurasthenia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is neurasthenia?
Neurasthenia is a noun.
How do you pronounce neurasthenia?
Neurasthenia is pronounced /ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθiːniə/.
What is the plural of neurasthenia?
The plural of neurasthenia is neurasthenias.

Words near neurasthenia in the dictionary

  1. neurapophysial
  2. neurapophysis
  3. neurapraxia
  4. neurapraxias
  5. neurapraxic
  6. neurasthenia
  7. neurastheniac
  8. neurastheniacs
  9. neurasthenias
  10. neurasthenic
  11. neurasthenical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neurasthenia (page history and authors); neurasthenia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); neurasthenia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); neurasthenia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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