neurocirculatory asthenia

[ noo r-oh-sur-kyuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, nyoo r- ]
/ ˌnʊər oʊˈsɜr kyə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˌnyʊər- /

noun Pathology.

Origin of neurocirculatory asthenia

1915–20; neuro- + circulatory

Medical definitions for neurocirculatory asthenia

neurocirculatory asthenia
[ nur′ō-sûrkyə-lə-tôr′ē ]

n.

A former designation for a syndrome characterized by increased susceptibility to fatigue, dyspnea, rapid pulse, precordial pain, and anxiety, observed especially in soldiers on active duty. DaCosta's syndrome effort syndrome irritable heart soldier's heart