anergasia

anergasia

A term of waning use for neurasthenia due to organic brain disease.

an·er·ga·si·a

(an'ĕr-gā'zē-ă) Absence of psychic activity as the result of organic brain disease. [G. an- priv. + ergasia, work]

anergasia

(an″ĕr-gā′zh(ē-)ă) [ ¹an- + Gr. ergasia, work] Functional inactivity, or an organic psychosis resulting from a structural lesion of the central nervous system.