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Neurasthenic

adjective

Of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia.

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"Neurasthenic" Quotes from Famous Books

... that she has used the same methods over and over again, but has been adroit enough to vary the illnesses which she has simulated. At one time investigation in a hospital seemed to show that she was neurasthenic. She has been given chances in homes for convalescents, but has never maintained herself in such a place for long. We note she was sent back from one of these to the main hospital on account of having vomited the medicine she had been given. In fact, she ...

— Pathology of Lying, Etc. • William and Mary Healy

... room that morning was nothing more than the effects of the air raid on his disordered nerves, but he would sooner have died than admit that to strangers. After listening to the evidence for the defence at the trial, he came to the conclusion that he was an epileptic as well as a neurasthenic. He might well believe that life held little for him in these circumstances, and that conviction would strengthen him in his determination to sacrifice his life as a thing of little value ...

— The Shrieking Pit • Arthur J. Rees

Words linked to "Neurasthenic" : diseased person, sick person, sufferer, neurasthenia