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From neurasthenia + -ic or neur- + asthenia + -ic. By surface analysis, neur- (“nerve”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ic (“adjective suffix”).
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neurasthenic
neur·as·then·icToday it means: Of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown. Full definition →