Words for 'Physical Conditions'

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  1. infirmity
    the state of being weak in health or body
  2. ambulatory
    able to walk about
  3. effeminate
    lacking traits typically associated with men or masculinity
  4. dyspeptic
    suffering from indigestion
  5. malignant
    dangerous to health
  6. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  7. canker
    an ulcerlike sore
  8. impotence
    an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
  9. ambidextrous
    equally skillful with each hand
  10. emetic
    a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
  11. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  12. jaded
    exhausted
  13. emaciate
    grow weak and thin or waste away physically
  14. emasculate
    deprive of strength or vigor
  15. debility
    the state of being weak in health or body
  16. effete
    excessively self-indulgent, affected, or decadent
  17. anorexic
    pathologically thin
Created on Tue Feb 28 11:38:01 EST 2012 (updated Tue Feb 28 12:03:18 EST 2012)

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