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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

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