😴 Lack of energy 🛡️ No immune response

anergy

9.9

A feeling of no energy that makes it hard to do things

noun
/ˈænərdʒi/

Specialized

: anergia

The patient's anergy made it difficult for her to participate in everyday activities.

Examples

The patient displayed signs of anergy after the treatment.
Prolonged fatigue can often lead to feelings of anergy, affecting one's daily life.
After weeks of stress, he felt a deep sense of anergy and struggled to focus.
Scientists studied the effects of chronic illness on immune anergy in the test subjects.
His anergy was concerning to the doctors.
After weeks of stress, he felt a deep sense of anergy and struggled to focus on his work.
The patient's anergy made it hard for her to engage in social activities.

Synonyms

lethargy

vsanergy

12 6.3

A feeling of tiredness and low energy

is a medical term for bodily inactivity rather than ordinary tiredness

enervation

vsanergy

9.1

A feeling of great weakness and tiredness

refers to a milder, mainly inactive bodily state instead of extreme weakness

Antonyms

activity

362 1.1

A state of being busy and moving

How Energetic

vitality

29 4.3

energy

553 1.0

fatigue

92 4.2

listlessness

2 6.8

anergy

Specialized

9.9

inactivity

12 3.5

Surface Forms

anergy singular

anergies plural

Morphology

anergy = energy (transparent) = an + energy

This sense ('lack of energy') is directly interpretable as the negative prefix plus 'energy', so learners knowing 'energy' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Anergy comes from the Greek parts a- meaning 'without' and ergon meaning 'work', and it is like the word energy. So anergy means 'no energy' or a state of inactivity when the body feels weak and does not work as usual.