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Definition of Exhaustion

1. Noun. Extreme fatigue.

2. Noun. Serious weakening and loss of energy.

3. Noun. The act of exhausting something entirely.

Definition of Exhaustion

1. n. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

Definition of Exhaustion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Exhaustion

1. 1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents. 2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits. 3. An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and quadratures, now investigated by the calculus. Origin: Cf. F. Exhaustion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exhaustion

exhale exhaled exhalent exhalents exhales exhaling exhaust exhaust exhausted exhauster

exhausters exhaustibility exhaustible exhausting exhaustion (current term) exhaustion (current term) exhaustions exhaustion atrophy exhaustion psychosis exhaustive

exhaustively exhaustiveness exhaustivities exhaustivity exhaustless exhaustlessly exhaustlessness exhausts exhaust fan exhaust fumes

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