asthenia
Lack of strength
Asthenia is physical weakness or lack of energy, especially as a symptom of disease.
The term appears primarily in medical contexts: The patient presented with asthenia and weight loss.
Doctors distinguish it from fatigue, which implies tiredness, whereas asthenia suggests actual loss of strength.
State of utter depletion
- wearinessState of being drained
- tirednessState of needing rest
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- lassitudeState of weary indifference
enervation · prostration · languor · listlessness · malaise · sluggishness · drowsiness · torpor
Impaired strength or vitality
- feeblenessLack of strength
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
- enfeeblementState of growing weak
- powerlessnessInability to affect outcomes
impotence · debilitation · frailty · fragility · decrepitude · shakiness · faintness · incapacity
Emptied of resources
- sappedDepleted of vitality
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- spentExhausted or disbursed
consumed · emptied · deficiency · insufficiency · shortage · scarcity · burnout · collapse
Decreased muscle tone condition
- cachexiaSevere illness-induced wasting
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- muscularHaving well-developed sinews
- neurologicalOf the nervous system
chronic · syndrome · diagnosis · symptom · pathology · clinical · postinfectious · postoperative
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
lassitude · enervation · prostration · languor · listlessness · malaise · sluggishness · drowsiness · torpor · burnout
debility
Impaired strength or vitality
- feeblenessLack of strength
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
- enfeeblementState of growing weak
powerlessness · impotence · debilitation · frailty · fragility · decrepitude · shakiness · faintness · incapacity · helplessness
drained
Emptied of resources
spent · consumed · emptied · deficiency · insufficiency · shortage · scarcity · burnout · collapse · weakened
hypotonia
Decreased muscle tone condition
- cachexiaSevere illness-induced wasting
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- muscularHaving well-developed sinews
neurological · chronic · syndrome · diagnosis · symptom · pathology · clinical · postinfectious · postoperative · convalescence
astheniastrength
Power to exert force
muscularity · brawniness · stoutness · huskiness · sturdiness
astheniahealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · robustness · soundness · healthiness · fitness
asthenosphere, myasthenia, neurasthenia, asthenic, neurasthenic