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Neurasthenic

noun
1.
A person suffering a nervous breakdown.





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"Neurasthenic" Quotes from Famous Books



... distress. It is interesting that she has used the same methods over and over again, but has been adroit enough to vary the illnesses which she has simulated. At one time investigation in a hospital seemed to show that she was neurasthenic. She has been given chances in homes for convalescents, but has never maintained herself in such a place for long. We note she was sent back from one of these to the main hospital on account of having vomited the medicine she had been given. ...
— Pathology of Lying, Etc. • William and Mary Healy


Words linked to "Neurasthenic" :   sick person, neurasthenia, sufferer, diseased person


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