精せい神しん衰すい弱じゃく

noun

psychasthenia

Medical term for a neurotic condition characterized by phobias, obsessions, and excessive anxiety. Rare in modern clinical use; largely replaced by more specific diagnoses.

• 精せい神しん衰すい弱じゃくは、かつて神しん経けい症しょうの一いっ種しゅとして診しん断だんされていた。

  Psychasthenia was once diagnosed as a type of neurosis.