Adynamia
noun
(obsolete) loss of vital power or strength, esp as the result of illness; weakness or debility
historical examples
at this stage of the disease, in which adynamia predominates, everything must tend to support the organism.
on the cattle plague: or, contagious typhus in horned cattle. its history, origin, description, and treatment honor bourguignon
again, the adynamia of malarial attacks is generally ascribable to some cause not essential to those affections.
a system of practical medicine by american authors, vol. i various
adynamia a·dy·nam·i·a (ā’dī-nām’ēə, ād’ə-nā’mē-ə)
n.
loss of strength or vigor, usually because of disease.
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