Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neurasthenia

/ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθiːniə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: neuras-the-nia
IPA: /ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθiːniə/

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

From neur- + asthenia, after Italian nevrastenia. By surface analysis, neur- (“nerve”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: neur

Usage

Inflected Forms

neurasthenias (plural)

Derived Forms

neurasthenic neurasthenics

Frequently Paired Words

neurosthenia

Synonyms

anergasia Americanitis

Rhymes With

armenia schizophrenia slovenia sardinia eugenia xenia vaccinia robinia

Questions

How do you pronounce neurasthenia?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθiːniə/.
What does neurasthenia mean?: An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.
Where does neurasthenia come from?: From neur- + asthenia, after Italian nevrastenia. By surface analysis, neur- (“nerve”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).

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