See Also: neurasthenia(dictionary)
neurasthenia(medicine)
traumatic neurasthenia(medicine)
sexual neurasthenia(medicine)
pulsating neurasthenia(medicine)
primary neurasthenia(medicine)
neurasthenia praecox(medicine)
neurasthenia gravis(medicine)
gastric neurasthenia(medicine)
angiopathic neurasthenia(medicine)

gumbo (oh) and neurasthenia (iou)


gumbo (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Louisiana French; Origin: gombo, from a Bantu language]
a thick soup made with meat, fish, and okra (=a small green vegetable)
a word used in some parts of the US for okra

neurasthenia (iou)



neurasthenia noun. M19.
[from NEURO- + ASTHENIA.]
An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.
? Not now generally considered a technical term.
neurasthenic adjective & noun (a) adjective caused by, affected with, or characteristic of neurasthenia; (b) noun a person with neurasthenia: L19.