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astasia (not step condition) +‎ abasia (not stand condition).

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  • From this same standpoint I have studied another case, a married woman of twenty-nine, with marked neurasthenic and hysterical symptoms (including astasia-abasia, anesthesias, palpitation of the heart, throbbing sensations in the stomach and a great many other symptoms).

    The Journal of Abnormal Psychology 1916

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