Marked+by+atony

  • 1atonic — I. a. 1. Marked by atony, asthenic, showing languor or exhaustion. 2. Unaccented, without any accentual mark. 3. Aspirate, aspirated, merely breathed, surd, non sonant. II. n. See preceding adjective …

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  • 2History of Medicine —     History of Medicine     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Medicine     The history of medical science, considered as a part of the general history of civilization, should logically begin in Mesopotamia, where tradition and philological… …

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  • 3insufficiency — Lack of completeness of function or power. SEE ALSO: incompetence. [L. in , neg. + sufficientia, fr. sufficio to suffice] accommodative i. a lack of appropriate accommodation for near focus. acute adrenocortical i. severe adrenocortical i. when… …

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  • 4neurasthenia — An ill defined condition, commonly accompanying or following depression, characterized by vague fatigue believed to be brought on by psychological factors. [neur + G. astheneia, weakness] angiopathic n., angioparalytic n. an obsolete term for a… …

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  • 5Sleep — Waking up redirects here. For other uses, see Waking Up (disambiguation). This article is about sleep in general; for specifically non human sleep see Sleep (non human); for other uses, see Sleep (disambiguation). Sleeping child Sleep is a… …

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