pono-, pon-, -ponic, -ponics +

Waste matter produced by exertion; fatigue poison: Dr. Smart told Jim that the level of ponogen depended on many things including the amount of exertion by doing strenuous exercises or by straining himself when doing physical labor.

A device for assessing and recording sensitiveness to pain: A ponograph is an apparatus for recording graphically the increase of fatigue of a contracting muscle.

An abnormal enthusiasm of work to an excess: Sam evidently had morbid impulse to be constantly working on the farm and said that he didn't have time to join the others for a beer in the evenings.

Someone who has an abnormal "love" to work excessively: Linda had a strong desire to keep working beyond what her friends considered "normal", and they termed her as being a ponomaniac..

Outdated, a condition of irritating the heart when palpitation is excited by slight exertion: Dr. Smart noticed a condition of ponopalmosis occurring in Jim's heart just by a little bit of physical exertion causing it to beat rapidly, to pulsate, or to throb.

Nervous exhaustion: Ponopathy is characterized by mental or physical fatigue or body weakness after performing or trying to perform everyday activities, and includes the inability to recover from that fatigue by normal periods of rest or relaxation.

A fondness for working: Jane thought that her job was so nice and fulfilling that she wanted to work day and night, and her colleagues thought that she had a case of ponophilia.

A person who likes to work: John was a ponophiliac who had a desire to work instead of being inactive in retirement.

An abnormal distaste for exerting oneself: Having ponophobia, Abigail loved lying on the sofa and watching TV and hated doing work around the house or in the garden, fearing that she would overwork herself and be so sweaty, fatigued, and exhausted that she couldn't watch any of her favorite TV programs!