asthenia

[ as-thee-nee-uh ]

/ æsˈθi ni ə /

noun

lack or loss of strength; weakness.

Words nearby asthenia

asteroid body, asteroid hyalosis, asteroidea, asteroidean, asteropaeus, asthenia, asthenic, asthenopia, asthenospermia, asthenosphere, asthma

Origin of asthenia

1795–1805; < New Latin < Greek asthéneia weakness, equivalent to asthene-, stem of asthenḗs (a- a-⁶ + sthene-, variant stem of sthénos strength) + -ia -ia

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Examples from the Web for asthenia

Paresis or asthenia may be found in the trunk muscles, or evidenced by weakness of the grip, or drooping of the head to one side.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
Attacks of syncope appear, and in fatal cases—which are not common—death results from asthenia.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
Toward the end of October, his asthenia had diminished enough to allow him to play the piano weakly in three octaves.
Sacrifice|Stephen French Whitman
The disease runs a chronic course, and usually terminates in death by asthenia.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various

When the eschars have become detached, suppuration exhausts the forces of the patient, and death takes place by asthenia.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various

British Dictionary definitions for asthenia

asthenia

astheny (ˈæsθənɪ)

/ (æsˈθiːnɪə) /

noun

pathol an abnormal loss of strength; debility

Word Origin for asthenia

C19: via New Latin from Greek astheneia weakness, from a- 1 + sthenos strength

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Medicine definitions for asthenia

asthenia

[ ăs-thē′nē-ə ]

n.

Loss or lack of bodily strength; weakness; debility.

Other words from asthenia

as•then′ic (-thĕn′ĭk) adj.