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debility

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de⋅bil⋅i⋅ty

  [di-bil-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. a weakened or enfeebled state; weakness: Debility prevented him from getting out of bed.
2. a particular mental or physical handicap; disability.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME debylite < MF debilite < L dēbilitās, equiv. to dēbil(is) weak + -itās -ity
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de·bil·i·ty   (dĭ-bĭl'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. de·bil·i·ties
The state of being weak or feeble; infirmity.

[Middle English debilite, from Old French, from Latin dēbilitās, from dēbilis, weak; see bel- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

debility 
1474, from M.Fr. debilite, from L. debilitatem (nom. debilitas), from debilis "weak," from de- "from, away" + -bilis "strength," from PIE base *bel- (see Bolshevik).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: de·bil·i·ty
Pronunciation: di-'bil-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: the quality orstate of being weak, feeble, or infirm; especially : physical weakness
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Medical Dictionary

debility de·bil·i·ty (dĭ-bĭl'ĭ-tē)
n.
The state of being weak or feeble; infirmity.

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