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noun
Weakness; loss of strength.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
weakness
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an abnormal loss of strength
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: astheny
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism
History
From Ancient Greek ἀσθένεια (asthéneia), from ἀσθενής (asthenḗs, “sick, weak”), from ἀ- (a-, “not, un-”) + σθένος (sthénos, “strength”). By surface analysis, a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).
Across languages
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