Debility meaning

dĭ-bĭl'ĭ-tē
The state of being weak or feeble; infirmity.
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Weakness or feebleness, esp. of the body.
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A state of physical or mental weakness.
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Origin of debility

From Middle English debylite, from Old French debilite (French débilité), from Latin debilitas (“weakness”), from debilis (“weak”), from de- + habilis (“able”).

Sentence Examples

  • He well remarked that the debility and sickening of Europeans in many tropical countries are wrongly ascribed to the climate, but are rather the consequences of indolence, sensual gratification and an irregular mode of life.

  • She suffered from repeated bouts of both physical and mental debility throughout her life.

  • The rue and wormwood are in general use as domestic medicines - the former for rheumatism and neuralgia; the latter in fever, debility and dyspepsia, as well as for a vermifuge.

  • The town owes its prosperity to its beautiful situation in a fine valley surrounded by mountains, and possesses a tepid mineral spring, considered efficacious in cases of general debility and for scorbutic and consumptive complaints.

  • debility in sexual performance.

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