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adynamia

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/ ˌædɪˈnæmɪk, ˌædɪˈneɪmɪə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of adynamia

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

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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

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?

"Bad blood" so called, asthenia and adynamia, and particularly a tendency to malignancy in acute and sub-acute disorders, seem to be special indicators for the use of Echinacea.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

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 reality, we have the disappearance of hope as basic in this adynamia.

From The Foundations of Personality by Myerson, Abraham

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