Crossword clues for debilitation
debilitation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Debilitation \De*bil`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. debilitatio: cf. F. d['e]bilitation.] The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from French débilitation (13c.), from Latin debilitationem (nominative debilitas) "a laming, crippling, weakening," noun of action from past participle stem of debilitare "to weaken" (see debilitate).
Wiktionary
n. The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.
WordNet
n. serious weakening and loss of energy [syn: enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustion]
Usage examples of "debilitation".
I was poorly, I am too well aware of the debilitation a woman experiences after a few hours of steady copulation to credit a week-long orgy, much less one that lasts a month!
On Ferrill they caused debilitation on Harlan only a senseless stupor.
It was an adult-onset disease, beginning with a bewildering variety of physical debilitations and ending with mental collapse and death.
Hyperspace was a stimulation and a joy to Lady Sunshine, a welcome antidote to the debilitations of Beatus.
But the main effort is being directed toward finding a specific for the adult condition, because it has become evident that if the massive debilitation and growth-retarding effects of the plague were removed, the diseases currently afflicting the pre-adult Cromsaggar would be countered by their bodies' natural defense mechanisms and would no longer be life-threatening.
For one who had suffered permanent, life-altering debilitation from surgeries, Sickert was likely to have an interest in anatomy, especially the anatomy of the female genitalia and reproductive organs.
In the preterminal stage there is a livid rash and skin eruptions covering most of the body, accompanied by progressive and massive debilitation and lassitude which is sometimes overcome, temporarily, by strong emotional stimuli such as fear and danger.
The stomach resonated when watching the closets of cedar and the refrigerator to him, but its appetite already lost the battle as opposed to the debilitation.