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Definition of Astheny
1. Noun. An abnormal loss of strength.
Generic synonyms: Debility, Feebleness, Frailness, Frailty, Infirmity, Valetudinarianism
Derivative terms: Asthenic, Asthenic
Definition of Astheny
1. asthenia [n -NIES] - See also: asthenia
Medical Definition of Astheny
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Astheny
Literary usage of Astheny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Provincial Medical & Surgical Journal (1852)
"... of reaction declined into astheny, ending fatally under profuse bilious diarrhoea
... that time have fallen into astheny, and no more admit that remedy. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1832)
"... and serous eft'usion into the brain after death, are mentioned by Dr. G.
among the appearances in these cases of astheny, ..."
3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"These are asphyxia, palsy, nervous diseases from a direct astheny, weakness of
sight and cataracts, deafness, loss of voice, chronic rheumatisms, ..."
4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1905)
"... Symons—but with this difference: there was something aroused within met by
the rhymes of Oscar Wilde, which savoured more of astheny than robustness. ..."
5. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1896)
"... to gastrointestinal astheny and prev r^nng the ute of elixir«, wine»,
tinctures, %er\mg of vehicle«, ..."
6. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"The slowly convalescent from whatever disease—from protracted fever, chronic
diarrhoea, nervous astheny—the incipient pulmonary case, the feeble, ..."
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