What does the word debility mean?
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A condition, which may be induced by number of causes. It must not be confounded with fatigue, which is temporary, whilst debility is generally more permanent. Debility may be real, or it may be apparent; and, in the management of disease, it is important to attend to this. At the commencement of fever, for example, there is often a degree of apparent debility, which prevents the use of appropriate means, and is the cause of much evil. Excitement is more dangerous than debility.
Usage examples for debility
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He died of debility in March, 184-, at the Saint Louis Hospital, on bed No. 14 in the Sainte Victoria ward. – Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Henry Murger
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In his confidential letters to trusted friends he complained of " great physical debility growing out of heavy sorrow," and described himself as entering upon his seventy- first year and no longer fit for hard political labour. – Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete by John Lothrop Motley
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