adynamia

British  

/ ˌædɪˈnæmɪk, ˌædɪˈneɪmɪə /

noun

1. obsolete loss of vital power or strength, esp as the result of illness; weakness or debility

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• adynamic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of adynamia

C19: New Latin, from _a- ¹ + -dynamia, from Greek dunamis strength, force

Example Sentences

Again, the adynamia of malarial attacks is generally ascribable to some cause not essential to those affections.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

While certain cases, or even epidemics, of malarial fevers are attended by remarkable adynamia, often manifesting itself from the very incipiency of attacks, it differs widely from that utter nervous ataxia which characterizes typhoid fever.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

In death from adynamia it is through failure of muscle, that is, of the heart, of the scaleni and intercostals, of the diaphragm, and of the laryngeal muscles, et cetera.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir

At this stage of the disease, in which adynamia predominates, everything must tend to support the organism.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

It was remarked that in some instances no membranes were perceived in the throat, but the cases were liable to terminate fatally with large glandular swellings round the neck and general symptoms of adynamia.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various