🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

astenia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: astenia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Asthenia/æsˈθiː.ni.ə/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La astenia puede ser un signo de fatiga crónica."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A condition characterized by a lack of strength or energy.

    "After the long illness, she experienced severe asthenia that made it difficult to perform daily tasks."
  2. 2

    A medical term used to describe generalized weakness or fatigue.

    "Asthenia can be a symptom of various underlying health issues, including anemia and chronic fatigue syndrome."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'asthenia' originates from the Greek word 'astheneia', meaning 'lack of strength'. It was adopted into medical terminology in the late 19th century to describe a state of physical weakness or lack of energy, evolving in usage to encompass various conditions associated with fatigue.

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