Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Weakness; loss of strength.

    Asthenie, Körperschwäche

    сла́бостьslábostʹ, астени́яasteníja, бесси́лиеbessílije

    астені́яasteníja

    an abnormal loss of strength

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Weakness

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The most commonly reported flu symptoms are fever, chills, sweating, asthenia, headache and nausea.

    deDie am häufigsten angegebenen Grippesymptome sind Fieber, Frösteln, Schwitzen, allgemeines Schwächegefühl, Kopfschmerz und Übelkeit. — brauchinet

Translations

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Origin

From Ancient Greek ἀσθένεια (asthéneia), from ἀσθενής (asthenḗs, “sick, weak”), from ἀ- (a

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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Forms

plural: asthenias

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an abnormal loss of strength:astheny

Word family

10 related words

See also

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