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RELATED WORDS : autonomic nervous system breakdown central nervous system nervous nervous disorder nervous exhaustion nervous prostration nervous strain nervous system nervous tension nervous tissue parasympathetic nervous system peripheral nervous system sympathetic nervous system

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Noun nervous breakdown has 1 sense

• nervous breakdown(n = noun.state) - a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder;
is a kind of breakdown, crack-up
has particulars: nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration, neurasthenia

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nervous breakdown

brain disease, breakdown, circulatory collapse, collapse, crack-up, crackup, emotional disorder, emotional instability, exhaustion, frayed nerves, frazzled nerves, functional nervous disorder, insanity, jangled nerves, maladjustment, manic-depressive psychosis, melancholia, mental disorder, mental illness, nervous disorder, nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration, neurasthenia, neurosis, paranoia, personality disorder, problems in living, prostration, psychosis, raw nerves, reaction, schizophrenia, shattered nerves, social maladjustment, twanging nerves

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