asthenia
(as-thē′nē-ă )
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Lack or loss of strength; debility; any weakness, but esp. one originating in muscular or cerebellar disease.
SYN: SEE: adynamia
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Asthenia." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743840/all/asthenia. 
Asthenia. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743840/all/asthenia. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Asthenia. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743840/all/asthenia
Asthenia [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743840/all/asthenia.
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