asthenia

English

WOTD – 22 September 2007

Alternative forms

• astheny (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσθένεια (asthéneia), from ἀσθενής (asthenḗs, “sick, weak”), from ἀ- (a-, “not, un-”) + σθένος (sthénos, “strength”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /æsˈθi.ni.ə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æsˈθiː.nɪə/

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• Rhymes: -iːniə

Noun

asthenia (countable and uncountable, plural asthenias)

1. (medicine) Weakness; loss of strength.

Derived terms

• myasthenia
• neurasthenia
• neuromyasthenia

Related terms

• asthenic

Translations

loss of strength

• Arabic: ضَعْف‎ m (ḍaʿf)
• Finnish: astenia, voimattomuus (fi)
• French: asthénie (fr) f
• German: Asthenie (de) f, Körperschwäche f
• Portuguese: astenia (pt) f

• Russian: сла́бость (ru) (slábostʹ), астени́я (ru) (asteníja), бесси́лие (ru) n (bessílije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: астѐнија f, сла̏бо̄ст f

  Roman: astènija (sh) f, slȁbōst (sh) f

• Turkish: argınlık (tr)