In Medicine
- Exhaustion or fatigue, a weariness caused by exertion
- Heat exhaustion or hyperthermia, a medical condition where the body is unable to control its accumulation of heat
- Nervous exhaustion or neurasthenia, a nineteenth-century diagnosis encompassing fatigue, anxiety, and depression
- Adrenal exhaustion or hypoadrenia, a hypothesized maladaption of the adrenal glands
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