asthenia
- noun
- /æˈsθiːniə/
- Specialized
:
astenia
- The occurrence of asthenia, somnolence, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and perioral paraesthesia seems to be dose-related.
Examples
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The argument of the study group that the drug-related side effect of asthenia could influence functional scores is somewhat puzzling given the small differences in occurrence of asthenia between the four treatment groups.
Academic text (2000) -
In addition, a skin rash, gastrointestinal symptoms, fatigue, asthenia, peripheral edema, and conjunctivitis occur in relative frequency 3-8.
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Except for asthenia, there have been no reports of changes in mental state in cases of MND.
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In the second study with riluzole in MND, 30 patients were actively encouraged to maintain treatment even in the presence of asthenia, so a much lower number of patients withdrew from that study.
Academic text (2000) -
The argument of the study group that the drug-related side effect of asthenia could influence functional scores is somewhat puzzling given the small differences in occurrence of asthenia between the four treatment groups.
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Asthenia, chills, diarrhea, flush, hair thinning, or nausea. Phone call (24.439 at 2014 values).
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The phenomenon described by Da Costa in 1871, and by Oppenheimer and Lewis following the First World War, as "irritable heart," "effort syndrome," and "neurocirculatory asthenia" surfaced again during the Second World War.
Academic text (1990) -
Muscle pain or myalgia: 1 week; Diarrhea: 0.10; 3-4.5 days; 16 - Asthenia or chills: 1 week; Diarrhea; Fever: 24 hours; Influenza-like symptoms: 1 week.
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Following World War One, Sir Thomas Lewis (1919) described a group of soldiers with a similar cluster of symptoms; he called this the "soldier's heart or the effort syndrome." Oppenheimer (1918) referred to similar psychoneurotic and cardiac manifestations in soldiers of the First World War as "neurocirculatory asthenia."
Academic text (1990) -
The patient reported severe asthenia after undergoing chemotherapy, which left her feeling extremely weak.
Synonyms
A medical condition causing an unusual loss of physical strength and energy
A lack of energy and strength that often follows an illness
Antonyms
How Weak
Surface Forms
Morphology
asthenia = a + sthen + ia
A medical borrowing from Greek (a- + sthen- + -ia); the components are not productive or familiar to average B1 learners, so the meaning 'weakness' is not easily derived from the parts.
Etymology
The word asthenia comes from Greek parts a- 'without' and sthenos 'strength'. So asthenia is 'without strength', which is why it means an unusual loss of strength or serious weakness in the body.