neurocirculatoryadj.

1918 Mil. Surgeon 42 410 An appreciable number of soldiers present a well-defined symptom-complex, in which certain nervous and circulatory symptoms are associated with an increased susceptibility to fatigue. The descriptive name of Neuro-Circulatory Asthenia (‘N.C.A.’) is suggested for this syndrome in preference to Disordered Action of the Heart (‘D.A.H.’).

1934 Q. Rev. Biol. 9 484/1 The principle enunciated here is that the high activity of the brain, thyroid, and the adrenal-sympathetic system of civilized man gives him..his unique diseases, neurocirculatory asthenia, hyperthyroidism, peptic ulcer, and probably diabetes.

1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 897/2 The major effort had been devoted to psychiatric screening on the basis that it had been the weaker personality who had succumbed to shell shock and the neuro-circulatory asthenia in the First World War.

1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xii. 80/1 Da Costa's syndrome is a term popularized by Paul Wood as an improvement on effort syndrome, soldier's heart, neurocirculatory asthenia (NCA), and disorderly action of the heart (DAH).

1938 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 126 5 It [sc. Schneider's index] purports to be a measure of neuro-circulatory fitness.

1953 R. A. McFarland Human Factors Air Transportation vi. 305 The effect of smoking on neurocirculatory efficiency..may be of particular importance to the airman since this test is often used to appraise fitness.

1988 Acta Neurol. Scand. 77 409 (title) Studies of neurocirculatory effects of long-term L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine administration in a patient with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy.

2002 Ann. Internal Med. 137 753 In chronic autonomic failure..orthostatic hypotension reflects sympathetic neurocirculatory failure from sympathetic denervation or deranged reflexive regulation of sympathetic outflows.