Asthenia Definition
ăs-thēnē-ə
noun
A lack or loss of bodily strength; bodily weakness.
Webster's New World
Loss or lack of bodily strength; weakness; debility.
American Heritage Medicine
(medicine) Weakness; loss of strength.
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Noun
Singular:
asthenia
Plural:
astheniasOrigin of Asthenia
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New Latin from Greek astheneia from asthenēs weak a- without a–1 sthenos strength segh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek ἀσθένεια (asthénia), from ἀσθενής (asthenḗs, “sick, weak”), from ἀ- (a, “not, un-”) + σθένος (thénos, “strength”).
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