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单词 neurasthenia
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Definition of neurasthenia in English:

neurasthenia

noun ˌnjʊərəsˈθiːnɪəˌn(j)ʊrəsˈθiniə
mass noundated
  • An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Fatigue was neurasthenia's chief symptom, bringing a loss of concentration and efficiency.
    • In the 19th century, there was neurasthenia, today there's chronic fatigue syndrome.
    • Review of the catalogue of Chinese herbal drugs showed that treatment of symptoms associated with neurasthenia was indicated in 10 patent drugs of Chinese herbs.
    • Whether it is a lung disease or neurasthenia, the symptoms and treatment methods are not uniform.
    • In case after case, from somnambulism to neurasthenia to ‘Yuppie flu,’ we see how medical and cultural trends alternately reinforce and erode particular psychosomatic symptoms.
    Synonyms
    lethargy, inertia, listlessness, lack of energy, lifelessness, inactivity, inaction, slowness, languor, languidness, torpor, torpidity, dullness, heaviness, apathy, passivity, weariness, tiredness, lassitude, fatigue, sleepiness, drowsiness, enervation, somnolence, laziness, idleness, indolence, sloth, slothfulness

Derivatives

  • neurasthenic

  • adjective & noun ˌnjʊərəsˈθɛnɪk
    dated
    • Her neurasthenic, fragile Aunt Lena is already trite; her mean, scary cousin Bobby Lee is already trite; her columned, shuttered house in Natchez is already trite.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Here is the prototypical neurasthenic fatigue - almost suicidal, but ultimately too passive and weak to even take that course of action.
      • Problems were magnified into calamities; the neurasthenic was ‘the victim of an abnormal state that is neither health nor disease.’
      • For example, it isn't hard to imagine that many a person with multiple sclerosis was once considered neurasthenic.
      • For certain troublesome neurasthenic cases, particularly in women, this discussion suggests a practical therapeutic measure.

Rhymes

Armenia, bergenia, gardenia, ostopenia, proscenia, sarcopenia, schizophrenia, senior, Slovenia
 
 

Definition of neurasthenia in US English:

neurasthenia

nounˌn(j)ʊrəsˈθiniəˌn(y)o͝orəsˈTHēnēə
dated
  • An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Fatigue was neurasthenia's chief symptom, bringing a loss of concentration and efficiency.
    • In the 19th century, there was neurasthenia, today there's chronic fatigue syndrome.
    • In case after case, from somnambulism to neurasthenia to ‘Yuppie flu,’ we see how medical and cultural trends alternately reinforce and erode particular psychosomatic symptoms.
    • Whether it is a lung disease or neurasthenia, the symptoms and treatment methods are not uniform.
    • Review of the catalogue of Chinese herbal drugs showed that treatment of symptoms associated with neurasthenia was indicated in 10 patent drugs of Chinese herbs.
    Synonyms
    lethargy, inertia, listlessness, lack of energy, lifelessness, inactivity, inaction, slowness, languor, languidness, torpor, torpidity, dullness, heaviness, apathy, passivity, weariness, tiredness, lassitude, fatigue, sleepiness, drowsiness, enervation, somnolence, laziness, idleness, indolence, sloth, slothfulness
 
 
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