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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 upon insanity, 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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