6 definitions found for asthenia

asthenia n 1: an abnormal loss of strength [syn: asthenia, astheny]

asthenia noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek astheneia, from asthenēs weak, from a- + sthenos strength Date: 1802 lack or loss of strength ; debility

asthenia
n. Med. loss of strength; debility.
Etymology: mod.L f. Gk astheneia f. asthenes weak

asthenia æsˈθi:njə n. Med. loss of strength; debility. [mod.L f. Gk astheneia f. asthenes weak]

Asthenia As`the*ni"a, Astheny As"the*ny, n. [NL. asthenia, Gr. 'asqe`nia; 'a priv. + sqe`nos strength.] (Med.) Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.

asthenia n. ; (also astheny) Debility, debilitation, prostration, exhaustion, feebleness, weakness, loss of power, loss of strength, atonicity.