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asthenicity

asthenicity noun: the quality of being asthenic.

Noun

asthenicity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being asthenic.
    • So that really the sthenicity or asthenicity (if you will allow me these terms) of an inflammation is not a question of the time as of the manner of its existence?1854, James Wilson, “Conversation Eighty-Sixth. The varieties of inflammation—Effusion of lymph—Poisonous influences—Characters of scrofula.”, in The Principles and Practice of the Water Cure: and...
    • Between the extremes of the highest acuteness and the lowest asthenicity, the gradations are beyond number.1855 May 1, Henry Marsh, “Reflections on the Causes of Dropsy”, in The Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science; Consisting of Original Communications, Reviews, Retrospects, and Reports, Including...

Origin of asthenicity

From asthenic + -ity. By surface analysis, a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ic (“adjective suffix”) + -i- (“connecting vowel”) + -ty (“noun suffix”).

Questions about asthenicity

What does asthenicity mean?
Asthenicity means the quality of being asthenic.
What part of speech is asthenicity?
Asthenicity is a noun.

Words near asthenicity in the dictionary

  1. asthanga
  2. asthenia
  3. asthenias
  4. asthenic
  5. asthenical
  6. asthenicity
  7. asthenics
  8. asthenies
  9. astheno-
  10. asthenobiosis
  11. asthenocoria

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