Usually means: Overwhelming mental stress causing dysfunction.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. nervous breakdowns: Merriam-Webster
  2. nervous breakdowns: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nervous breakdowns: Vocabulary.com
  4. nervous breakdowns: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. nervous breakdowns: Wiktionary
  6. nervous breakdowns: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nervous breakdowns: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nervous breakdowns: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. nervous breakdowns: Medical dictionary

(Note: See nervous_breakdown as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nervous breakdown)

noun:  An attack of a psychological disorder such as depression or anxiety so severe that it prevents a person from continuing to function normally
noun:  (Philippines) A psychological disorder usually characterized by panic attacks and aggressiveness, related to the Hispanic ataque de nervios.
▸ Also see nervous_breakdown


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