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An abnormal loss of strength
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asthenia
Word definitions for asthenia in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"weakness," 1802, Modern Latin, from Greek asthenia "want of strength, weakness, feebleness, sickness; a sickness, a disease," from asthenes "weak, without strength, feeble," from a- , privative prefix (see a- (3)), + sthenos "strength," which is of uncertain ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an abnormal loss of strength [syn: astheny ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) weakness; loss of strength
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Asthenia \As`the*ni"a\, Astheny \As"the*ny\, n. [NL. asthenia, Gr. 'asqe`nia; 'a priv. + sqe`nos strength.] (Med.) Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.
Usage examples of asthenia.
Nervous Prostration, or Nervous Weakness, and, to the medical profession, as NeurAsthenia, or Nervous Asthenia, is becoming alarmingly prevalent.
But what puzzles me most is how involved is Charles Asthenia with Ellis?
The fever will bring emaciation and asthenia and lassitude, until you have no will to move at all.
This affection, also popularly known as Nervous Prostration, or Nervous Weakness, and, to the medical profession, as NeurAsthenia, or Nervous Asthenia, is becoming alarmingly prevalent.
Thus, cerebral or brain exhaustion, or debility, is usually the result of mental overwork, while sexual asthenia, or weakness is generally due to abuse of the sexual organs or to sexual excesses.
Thus, cerebral or brain exhaustion, or debility, is usually the result of mental overwork, while sexual asthenia, or weakness is generally due to abuse of the sexual organs or to sexual excesses.