valetudinarianism
31impotence — n 1. powerlessness, helplessness, weak ness, feebleness, frailty, infirmity, impuissance; exhaustion, enfeeblement, prostration, demoralization; enervation, debilitation, disablement; decrepitude, senility, senescence, valetudinarianism,… …
32indisposition — n 1. sickness, sickliness, illness, unhealthiness; invalidism, valetudinarianism; exhaustion, enervation, enfeeblement, prostration; disability, infirmity, decrepitude, weakness, feebleness; disorder, complaiqt, malady; nausea, indigestion,… …
33invalidism — n 1. sickness, infirmity, illness, valetudinarianism, invalidity; weakening, weakness, feebleness, enfeeblement, frailty, frailness, helplessness; debilitation, debility, devitalization, decrepitude; exhaustion, prostration; disease, morbosity. 2 …
34malady — n disease, disorder, distemper, Pathol. affection, affliction; illness, sickness, ailment, complaint, indisposition; weakness, malaise, feebleness, infirmity, invalidism, valetudinarianism; disability, handicap; pain, hurt, ache, wound; infection …
35weakness — n 1. feebleness, puniness, frailty, frailness, fragility, fragileness, delicateness, delicacy; impotence, impuissance, powerlessness, helplessness, incapacity, inability, incapability, ineptness, ineptitude; exhaustion, enervation, lack of… …
36valetudinarian — n. hypochondriac; sickly person. ♦ valetudinarianism, n. ♦ valetudinary, a …
37valetudinarian — n. pl. valetudinaries [val΄ə to͞o΄də ner′ē ən, val΄ətyo͞o΄də ner′ē ən] n. [< L valetudinarius, sickly, infirm, an invalid < valetudo (gen. valetudinis), state of health, sickness < valere, to be strong: see VALUE] 1. a person in poor… …
38astheny — noun an abnormal loss of strength • Syn: ↑asthenia • Derivationally related forms: ↑asthenic, ↑asthenic (for: ↑asthenia) • Hypernyms: ↑infirmity, ↑ …
39cachexy — noun any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease • Syn: ↑cachexia, ↑wasting • Derivationally related forms: ↑waste (for: ↑wasting), ↑cachectic, ↑cache …
40feebleness — noun 1. the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑infirmity, ↑frailty, ↑debility, ↑frailness, ↑valetudinarianism • Derivationally related forms: ↑frail …
