neurasthenia

neurasthenia
noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1856 a psychological disorder marked especially by easy fatigability and often by lack of motivation, feelings of inadequacy, and psychosomatic symptomscompare chronic fatigue syndromeneurasthenic adjective or nounneurasthenically adverb

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