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neurosthenia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
neu-rosthe-nia
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Strong reaction or overreaction of a nerve to a stimulus.

Archaic; Uncountable

noun

Misconstruction of neurasthenia.

Uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) + Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos). By surface analysis, neuro- (“nerve”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).

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Questions

What does neurosthenia mean?
Strong reaction or overreaction of a nerve to a stimulus.
Where does neurosthenia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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