"neurasthenic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌnʊɹəsˈθɛnɪk/ [General-American], /ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθɛnɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more neurasthenic [comparative], most neurasthenic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛnɪk Etymology: neurasthenia + -ic = neur- + asthenia + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|neurasthenia|ic}} neurasthenia + -ic, {{confix|en|neur|asthenia|ic}} neur- + asthenia + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} neurasthenic (comparative more neurasthenic, superlative most neurasthenic)
  1. Of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown. Translations (pertaining to neurasthenia): neurastènic (Catalan), neurasteeninen (Finnish), neurasthénique (French), neurasthenisch (German), néaraistéineach (Irish), nevrastenico (Italian), неврастени́ческий (nevrasteníčeskij) (Russian), неурастѐничан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), neurastèničan [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), niwrasthenig (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-neurasthenic-en-adj-VncC19k4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with neur-, English terms suffixed with -ic, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with neur-: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 57 43

Noun

IPA: /ˌnʊɹəsˈθɛnɪk/ [General-American], /ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθɛnɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: neurasthenics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnɪk Etymology: neurasthenia + -ic = neur- + asthenia + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|neurasthenia|ic}} neurasthenia + -ic, {{confix|en|neur|asthenia|ic}} neur- + asthenia + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} neurasthenic (plural neurasthenics)
  1. (medicine, psychiatry, dated) A person who has neurasthenia. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Medicine, Psychiatry Translations (person who has neurasthenia): zenuwlijder [masculine] (Dutch), neurasteenikko (Finnish), Neurastheniker [masculine] (German), Neurasthenikerin [feminine] (German), неврасте́ник (nevrasténik) [masculine] (Russian), неурастѐнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), neurastènīk [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-neurasthenic-en-noun-Hl5d4MZ3 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with neur-, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with neur-: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 51 49 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who has neurasthenia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Neurasthenikerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevrasténik",
      "sense": "person who has neurasthenia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неврасте́ник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who has neurasthenia",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неурастѐнӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who has neurasthenia",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neurastènīk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "neurasthenic"
}

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