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de·bil·i·ty

(dĭ-bĭl′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. de·bil·i·ties

The state of being weak or feeble; infirmity.

[Middle English debilite, from Old French, from Latin dēbilitās, from dēbilis, weak; see bel- in Indo-European roots.]

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debility

(dɪˈbɪlɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

weakness or infirmity

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de•bil•i•ty

(dɪˈbɪl ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. a weakened or enfeebled state; weakness.

2. a handicap or disability.

[1425–75; late Middle English debylite < Middle French debilite < Latin dēbilitās=dēbil(is) weak + -itās -ity]

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Noun

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

feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism

unfitness, softness - poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)

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

debility

noun weakness, exhaustion, frailty, incapacity, infirmity, feebleness, faintness, decrepitude, enervation, enfeeblement, sickliness Anxiety or general debility can play a part in allergies.

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debility

noun

The condition of being infirm or physically weak:

decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, insubstantiality, puniness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, weakliness, weakness.

Translations

وَهْن، ضَعْف

ochablostslabostvyčerpanost

svækkelsesvaghed

veiklun

takatsizlikzayıflık

衰弱

debility

[dɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → debilidad f

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debility

[dɪˈbɪlɪti] n [patient] (= infirmity) → extrême faiblesse f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

debility

n → Schwäche f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

debility

[dɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] n (frm) → debilitazione f

debilitate

(diˈbiliteit) verb

to make weak.

deˈbility noun

bodily weakness. Despite his debility, he leads a normal life.

de·bil·i·ty

n. debilidad; atonía.

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