overfatigue

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"The A.M.A. is extremely concerned about stress and overfatigue in residency," says Dr. William Jacott, chairman of the A.M.A.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only danger seems to be that the hustling correspondents have had to do may cause them overfatigue due to faulty training.

From Time Magazine Archive

He put it down partly to a certain subconscious excitement that this wild and immense scenery generated in his blood, partly to the spell of solitude, and partly to overfatigue.

From The Wendigo by Blackwood, Algernon

The ideal distribution of pauses is extremely different from merely stopping the work when a state of overfatigue has been reached.

From Psychology and Social Sanity by Münsterberg, Hugo

Not only does overfatigue hinder growth, but it also results in the formation of certain toxins, or poisons, in the organism, which are particularly harmful to nervous tissue.

From The Mind and Its Education by Betts, George Herbert