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At Fatigue's Root

The word "fatigue," from the Latin "fatigare" via the French "fatiguer," first appeared in the mid- to late 17th century, according to dictionaries. But it wasn't used in a medical sense until the late 18th century, says British psychiatrist Simon Wessely, a leading fatigue researcher and head of...
 
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