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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a hypochondriacal condition, approaching insanity, which sometimes supervenes in persons whose brains have been overtaxed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also
brain fag .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
hypochondriacal condition verging uponinsanity , occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
Etymologies
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From cerebro- + -pathy, coined for medical usage prior to 1913.
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