Asthenia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /æsˈθi.ni.ə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Asthenia is a noun meaning (medicine) Weakness; loss of strength.
Meaning
(medicine) Weakness; loss of strength.
More Meanings
- (figurative) weakness
Example Sentences
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 sound-of rodents, reptiles and birds awaiting, quiescent, the lessening heat of dusk.
Word Forms
- asthenias
- astheny
Synonyms for asthenia
Depending on context, synonyms include astheny.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include astheny, neurocirculatory, anhidrotic, hyposthenia, amyosthenia, adynamia.
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