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noun an abnormal loss of strength
originFrom Ancient Greek ἀσθένεια (asthéneia), from ἀσθενής (asthenḗs, “sick, weak”), from ἀ- (a-, “not, un-”) + σθένος (sthénos, “strength”). By surface analysis, a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).
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