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debility

DEFINITIONS OF: debility

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n the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

Synonyms:
feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism
Types:
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
Type of:
softness, unfitness
poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
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