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Definition of Asthenia
1. Noun. An abnormal loss of strength.
Generic synonyms: Debility, Feebleness, Frailness, Frailty, Infirmity, Valetudinarianism
Derivative terms: Asthenic, Asthenic
Definition of Asthenia
1. n. Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.
Definition of Asthenia
1. Noun. (medicine) weakness; loss of strength ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asthenia
1. lack of strength [n -S]
Medical Definition of Asthenia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Asthenia
Literary usage of Asthenia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Organotherapy: The Internal Secretions in General Practice by Henry Robert Harrower (1922)
"In fact, asthenia is probably the commonest single symptom seen in medical practice.
... As a matter of fact, asthenia is really another name for cellular ..."
2. The Psychoneuroses and Their Treatment by Psychotherapy by E. Gauckler (1915)
"A. Physical asthenia.—Setting aside all the exceptions which we made in the cases
which we considered in the preceding paragraphs, we shall now consider ..."
3. The Naturalist's Library by William Jardine, James Duncan (1852)
"Mr. Westwood has suggested the propriety of referring it, along with several
others, to a new genus, which he names asthenia. The species approach our ..."
4. A Text-book of Physiology: Normal and Pathological. For Students and by Winfield Scott Hall (1905)
"asthenia.—There is usually present in cerebellar lesions a marked ... Not only
is there asthenia of the lower extremities, the upper are also involved. ..."
5. On Diseases Peculiar to Women: Including Displacements of the Uterus by Hugh Lenox Hodge (1860)
"asthenia.—In all cases, therefore, of asthenia where there is a failure or
suppression of the ... Where this asthenia is complicated with organic diseases, ..."
6. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"INFECTIOUS asthenia OF BIRDS. Definition.—This is a chronic disease ... —Infectious
asthenia is observed most commonly in young birds one to six months old. ..."
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