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Definition of Neurasthenic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia. "Neurasthenic tendencies"
2. Noun. A person suffering a nervous breakdown.
Definition of Neurasthenic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neurasthenic
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Neurasthenic
1. Relating to, or suffering from, neurasthenia. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neurasthenic
Literary usage of Neurasthenic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Psychoneuroses and Their Treatment by Psychotherapy by E. Gauckler (1915)
"HOW ONE BECOMES neurasthenic. THE FIRST factor of the neurasthenic state whose
role it is extremely important to define is emphatically constitutional ..."
2. 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)
"The tendency at present is to classify the cases in which the somatic signs are
the more prominent as neurasthenic states, and those in which the psychic ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1883)
"I shall, therefore, content myself with a very brief outline sketch of the typical
instances of neurasthenic disease in which systematic treatment is of ..."
4. A Layman's Handbook of Medicine: With Special Reference to Social Workers by Richard Clarke Cabot (1916)
"We can divide the psychoneuroses into five groups: (i) the neurasthenic ...
The neurasthenic type is so named from words which mean weakness of the nerves. ..."
5. The Teacher's Health: A Study in the Hygiene of an Occupation by Lewis Madison Terman (1913)
"Search deeper and we uncover some or all of the traditional mental furnishings
of the neurasthenic household, — nervous headaches, disturbed sleep, ..."
6. A Clinical Manual of Mental Diseases by Francis Xavier Dercum (1913)
"In keeping with this fact, the French writers applied the term "neurasthenic
insanities" to this group. That, however, some factor other ..."
7. Psychiatry: A Text-book for Students and Physicians by Stewart Paton (1905)
"Dutil 2 and others maintain that it is possible to distinguish between the more
or less stable mental states in which the neurasthenic symptoms of fatigue, ..."
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