Burnout

Burnout

An emotional condition marked by tiredness, loss of interest, or frustration that interferes with job performance. Burnout is usually regarded as the result of prolonged stress.

Mentioned in: Stress Reduction

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burnout,

n 1. a state that occurs when energy is used up faster than it is restored.
2. psychological and physical fatigue of a caregiver resulting in apathy and depression.

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burnout,

n the elimination by heat of an invested pattern from a set investment to prepare the mold to receive casting metal.

burnout, high heat,

n the use of temperatures higher than 1100° F (593.5° C) to effect wax elimination and prepare the mold to receive casting metal.

burnout, inlay (wax),

n the elimination of wax from an invested inlay flask. See also wax elimination.

burnout, job,

n the condition of having no energy left to care, resulting from chronic, unrelieved job-related stress and characterized by physical and emotional exhaustion and sometimes by physical illness.

burnout, radiographic,

n the excessive penetration of the radiographic beam of an object or part of an object, producing a totally black, or overexposed, area on the radiograph.

burnout, wax,

n See burnout, inlay and wax elimination.

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burnout Drug slang 1. A heavy abuser of drugs 2. Street argot for heavy abuse of drugs Gynecology See Cervical burnout Psychiatry A stress reaction developing in persons working in an area of unrelenting occupational demands Clinical ↓ work performance, fatigue, insomnia, depression, ↑ susceptibility to physical illness, reliance on alcohol or other drugs of abuse for temporary relief. See Flight-or-fight response, Old Soldier syndrome. Cf Adaptation response, Alarm stage.