debility

  • 11debility — de|bil|i|ty [dıˈbılıti] n plural debilities [U and C] formal weakness, especially as the result of illness →↑disability ▪ physical and mental debility …

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  • 12debility — [15] Despite the passing similarity, debility has no connection with ability. It comes via Old French debilite from Latin dēbilitās, a derivative of the adjective dēbilis ‘weak’. This was a compound formed from the prefix de ‘not’ and a second… …

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  • 13debility — noun Sam s obvious debility came as a shock to us Syn: frailty, weakness, enfeeblement, enervation, devitalization, lassitude, exhaustion, weariness, fatigue, prostration; incapacity, indisposition, infirmity, illness, sickness, sickliness;… …

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  • 14debility — [15] Despite the passing similarity, debility has no connection with ability. It comes via Old French debilite from Latin dēbilitās, a derivative of the adjective dēbilis ‘weak’. This was a compound formed from the prefix de ‘not’ and a second… …

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  • 15Debility (medical) — Debility Classification and external resources ICD 10 P96.9, R53, R54 …

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  • 16Debility (astrology) — In astrology, a debility is referred to when a planet or other celestial body is in the sign of its detriment or fall. External links Understanding Planetary Dignity and Debility Categories: Technical factors of astrologyAstrology stubs …

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  • 17debility — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English debilite, from Middle French debilité, from Latin debilitat , debilitas, from debilis, from de de + bilis; akin to Sanskrit bala strength Date: 15th century weakness, infirmity …

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  • 18debility — noun A state of physical or mental weakness. See Also: debile, debilitate, debilitation …

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  • 19debility — Weakness. [L. debilitas, fr. debilis, weak, fr. de priv. + habilis, able] * * * de·bil·i·ty di bil ət ē n, pl ties the quality or state of being weak, feeble, or infirm esp physical weakness * * * de·bil·i·ty (də bilґĭ te) asthenia …

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  • 20debility — Synonyms and related words: advanced age, advanced years, adynamia, age of retirement, an incurable disease, anemia, anility, atony, blah feeling, bloodlessness, brain fag, cachexia, cachexy, caducity, chronic ill health, cowardice, debilitation …

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