neurasthenian.

Brit.

/ˌnjʊərəsˈθiːnɪə/, U.S.

/ˌn(j)ʊrəsˈθiniə/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on an Italian lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: neuro- comb. form, asthenia n.

Etymology: < neuro- comb. form + asthenia n., after Italian nevrastenia (1828 as neurastenia ) or French névrosthénie (1829) (see neurastheny n.).

Medicine. Now chiefly historical.

A disorder characterized by feelings of fatigue and lassitude, with vague physical symptoms such as headache, muscle pain, and subjective sensory disturbances, originally attributed to weakness or exhaustion of the nerves and later considered a form of neurotic disorder.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > nervous debility

neurasthenia1833

neurastheny1849

psychasthenia1900

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > impairment of mental powers > aboulia or psychasthenia

neurasthenia1833

abulia1848

neuradynamia1848

neurastheny1849

tonelessness1873

aboulomania1883

psychoparesis1883

nervous breakdown1884

psychasthenia1900

1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) IV. 370 Bergamaschi advances, indeed, so far as to maintain, that where wounds themselves..are the remote cause, a neurostenia, as he calls it, or inflammatory affection of the nerves, is still the proximate cause [of tetanus].]

1833 R. Dunglison New Dict. Med. Sci. II. 81/1 Neurasthenia, debility or impaired activity of the nerves.

1869 G. M. Beard in Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 29 Apr. 217 I am to speak..of..neurasthenia, or exhaustion of the nervous system. The morbid condition or state expressed by this term has long been recognized,..but the special name of neurasthenia is now, I believe, for the first time presented to the profession.

1879 G. M. Beard in N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 29 226 The term neurasthenia was devised by me independently, at the time when my first article on the subject was prepared, without any knowledge that the word had ever been used before.

1908 E. Wharton Let. 2 Mar. (1988) 130 Teddy has quite recovered from his attack of neurasthenia, & is in his ‘assiette ordinaire’.

1922 J. Riviere tr. S. Freud Introd. Lect. Psycho-anal. xxiv. 325 We distinguish three pure forms of actual neurosis: neurasthenia, anxiety-neurosis and hypochondria. Even this classification has been disputed. The terms are certainly all in use, but their connotation is vague and unsettled.

1926 J. I. Suttie tr. S. Ferenczi Further Contrib. Psycho-anal. ii. 35 The obsessional neuroses are nowadays mostly ranked among the ‘neurasthenias’.

1948 Observer 13 June 5/5 Absenteeism which arises..from those once..despised causes which passed under names such as neurasthenia and described to-day as stress diseases.

1965 E. Rosen & I. Gregory Abnormal Psychol. xii. 250/1 Neurasthenia is observed with such frequency in housewives who are bored and feel neglected by their husbands that it has often been called ‘housewives' neurosis’.

1968 C. Rycroft Crit. Dict. Psychoanal. 96 Neurasthenia, obsolescent medical and psychiatric term for a state of excessive fatiguability and lack of vigour.

1974 M. Sainsbury Key to Psychiatry xiv. 234 Much disagreement is in evidence through the years regarding the status of neurasthenia as a nosological entity.

1991 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 676/2 He formulated the opinion that neurasthenia arose whenever a less adequate sexual activity replaced a more active one.

1994 Amer. Spectator Oct. 79/3 Clark is sensitive to the point of neurasthenia and valetudinarian to the point of hypochondria.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	neurasthenia
释义	neurasthenian. Brit. /ˌnjʊərəsˈθiːnɪə/, U.S. /ˌn(j)ʊrəsˈθiniə/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on an Italian lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: neuro- comb. form, asthenia n. Etymology: < neuro- comb. form + asthenia n., after Italian nevrastenia (1828 as neurastenia ) or French névrosthénie (1829) (see neurastheny n.). Medicine. Now chiefly historical. A disorder characterized by feelings of fatigue and lassitude, with vague physical symptoms such as headache, muscle pain, and subjective sensory disturbances, originally attributed to weakness or exhaustion of the nerves and later considered a form of neurotic disorder. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > nervous debility neurasthenia1833 neurastheny1849 psychasthenia1900 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > impairment of mental powers > aboulia or psychasthenia neurasthenia1833 abulia1848 neuradynamia1848 neurastheny1849 tonelessness1873 aboulomania1883 psychoparesis1883 nervous breakdown1884 psychasthenia1900 1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) IV. 370 Bergamaschi advances, indeed, so far as to maintain, that where wounds themselves..are the remote cause, a neurostenia, as he calls it, or inflammatory affection of the nerves, is still the proximate cause [of tetanus].] 1833 R. Dunglison New Dict. Med. Sci. II. 81/1 Neurasthenia, debility or impaired activity of the nerves. 1869 G. M. Beard in Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 29 Apr. 217 I am to speak..of..neurasthenia, or exhaustion of the nervous system. The morbid condition or state expressed by this term has long been recognized,..but the special name of neurasthenia is now, I believe, for the first time presented to the profession. 1879 G. M. Beard in N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 29 226 The term neurasthenia was devised by me independently, at the time when my first article on the subject was prepared, without any knowledge that the word had ever been used before. 1908 E. Wharton Let. 2 Mar. (1988) 130 Teddy has quite recovered from his attack of neurasthenia, & is in his ‘assiette ordinaire’. 1922 J. Riviere tr. S. Freud Introd. Lect. Psycho-anal. xxiv. 325 We distinguish three pure forms of actual neurosis: neurasthenia, anxiety-neurosis and hypochondria. Even this classification has been disputed. The terms are certainly all in use, but their connotation is vague and unsettled. 1926 J. I. Suttie tr. S. Ferenczi Further Contrib. Psycho-anal. ii. 35 The obsessional neuroses are nowadays mostly ranked among the ‘neurasthenias’. 1948 Observer 13 June 5/5 Absenteeism which arises..from those once..despised causes which passed under names such as neurasthenia and described to-day as stress diseases. 1965 E. Rosen & I. Gregory Abnormal Psychol. xii. 250/1 Neurasthenia is observed with such frequency in housewives who are bored and feel neglected by their husbands that it has often been called ‘housewives' neurosis’. 1968 C. Rycroft Crit. Dict. Psychoanal. 96 Neurasthenia, obsolescent medical and psychiatric term for a state of excessive fatiguability and lack of vigour. 1974 M. Sainsbury Key to Psychiatry xiv. 234 Much disagreement is in evidence through the years regarding the status of neurasthenia as a nosological entity. 1991 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 676/2 He formulated the opinion that neurasthenia arose whenever a less adequate sexual activity replaced a more active one. 1994 Amer. Spectator Oct. 79/3 Clark is sensitive to the point of neurasthenia and valetudinarian to the point of hypochondria. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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