NOUN | state | valetudinarianism, infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness | the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) |
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Meaning | The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age). | |
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Synonyms | infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness | |
Narrower | asthenia, astheny | An abnormal loss of strength |
cachexia, cachexy, wasting | Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | |
Broader | unfitness, softness | Poor physical condition |
Spanish | debilidad, endeblez, enfermedad, flaqueza | |
Catalan | debilitat, flaquesa, fluixedat, fluixesa |
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