Definition of Psychasthenic

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psychasthenic

pssst
psst
psuedo
psuedo-
psych
psych-
psych out
psych up
psychagogic
psychagogue
psychagogues
psychal
psychalgia
psychasthenia
psychasthenias
psychasthenic (current term)
psychasthenics
psyche
psyched
psyched out
psyched up
psychedelia
psychedelias
psychedelic
psychedelic circus
psychedelic crises
psychedelic crisis
psychedelic drug
psychedelic rock
psychedelically

Literary usage of Psychasthenic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"477 p. Wilson (SAK). Kome, modern French conceptions of hysteria. Brain, London, 1911, xxxiii, 293-338. 2. Neurasthenic and psychasthenic States In ..."

2. A Layman's Handbook of Medicine: With Special Reference to Social Workers by Richard Clarke Cabot (1916)
"The typical psychasthenic is the person who is dogged by fears of one kind or ... The psychasthenic is tortured, not only by fears, but by a sense of ..."

3. The Lancet-clinic by Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Ohio Valley Medical Association (1908)
"What, then, are the psychasthenic states, what their distinguishing features and how are they to be differentiated from other psychoses ? ..."

4. Psychiatry: A Text-book for Students and Physicians by Stewart Paton (1905)
"... XVIII NEURASTHENIC AND psychasthenic STATES l SINCE Beard first described neurasthenia the groups of symptoms included under this head have provided a ..."

5. Medical Gynecology by Howard Atwood Kelly (1912)
"Among the emotional agitations presented by the psychasthenic patients, various sorts are ... A psychasthenic woman has, in the majority of instances, ..."

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