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Noun: nervous prostration  'nur-vus pró'strey-shun
  1. An emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work
    "His nervous prostration forced him to take a leave of absence from his job";
    - nervous exhaustion

Derived forms: nervous prostrations

Type of: nervous breakdown

Encyclopedia: Nervous prostration