asthenia
UK/æsˈθiː.nɪə//æsˈθi.ni.ə/
asthenia noun: weakness; loss of strength.
Noun
asthenia (countable and uncountable, plural asthenias)
- Weakness; loss of strength.
- The savage gets a headache when his thought is forced to flow in a stream of representation. In the imbecile, in the idiot we find the same thing manifested. They can only think in concrete sensory terms. In mental asthenia which approaches the state of the higher stages of imbecility and also in...1914, Boris Sidis, The Foundations of Normal and Abnormal Psychology
- weakness
- You see nothing that might even remotely suggest life, beyond the solitary brave watering the ponies below you; but that is because the asthenia of civilization has left you half blind as well as half deaf, for where you see nothing and hear nothing Geronimo is conscious of life, movement and...1927, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The War Chief
asthenia meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Arabic and Indonesian
asthenia in Tamil
- பலமின்மை, உடல் மெலிவு, பலவீனம், வலுவின்மை, வலூவிழப்பு, தளர்ச்சி
asthenia in Bengali
- শারীরিক দুর্বলতা, শক্তিহীনতা
asthenia in Arabic
- loss of strength
- ضَعْف ḍaʕf
asthenia in Indonesian
- loss of strength
- astenia
Forms of asthenia
| plural | asthenias |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | astheny |
Origin of asthenia
From Ancient Greek ἀσθένεια (asthéneia), from ἀσθενής (asthenḗs, “sick, weak”), from ἀ- (a-, “not, un-”) + σθένος (sthénos, “strength”). By surface analysis, a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).
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Questions about asthenia
- What does asthenia mean?
- Asthenia means weakness; loss of strength.
- What is asthenia in Tamil?
- Asthenia in Tamil is பலமின்மை, உடல் மெலிவு, பலவீனம். See Asthenia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is asthenia?
- Asthenia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce asthenia?
- Asthenia is pronounced /æsˈθi.ni.ə/ (US).
- What is the plural of asthenia?
- The plural of asthenia is asthenias.
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