| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| compromising out of weakness |
accommodating
,
accommodationist
|
| seemingly small but actual mortal weakness |
Achilles' heel
|
| weakness, mortal |
Achilles' heel
,
fatal flaw
|
| having no weakness for attack |
airtight
|
| weakness, chronic |
asthenia
,
cachexia
,
debility
,
infirmity
,
tabes
|
| muscle weakness |
atony
|
| form of muscular dystrophy that sets in in adolescence or adulthood and progresses slowly but will affect all voluntary muscles; characterized by generalized weakness and muscle wasting that affects limb and trunk muscles first; similar to Duchenne's musc |
Becker muscular dystrophy
|
| malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort |
cancer of the liver
,
liver cancer
|
| disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back; caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions |
carcinomatous myopathy
,
Eaton-Lambert syndrome
,
Lambert-Eaton syndrome
,
myasthenic syndrome
|
| painful disorder caused by compression of a nerve in the carpal tunnel; characterized by discomfort and weakness in the hands and fingers and by sensations of tingling, burning or numbness |
carpal tunnel syndrome
|
| abnormal condition resulting from compression of spinal nerve roots in the neck region; involves neck pains and muscular weakness and paresthesia |
cervical disc syndrome
,
cervical root syndrome
|
| form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked re |
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
,
hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
|
| iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin |
chlorosis
,
greensickness
|
| disturbances in saltwater balance and symptoms of weakness and muscular cramps and twitching and convulsions and sometimes paralysis; usually caused by a benign tumor of the cortex of the adrenal gland that leads to excess secretion of aldosterone |
Conn's syndrome
|
| myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and selling accompanied by skin rash affecting cheeks and eyelids and neck and chest and limbs; progression and severity vary among individuals |
dermatomyositis
|
| contagious disease affecting the air passages and causing fever and weakness |
diphtheria
|
| inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms |
disseminated lupus erythematosus
,
SLE
,
systemic lupus erythematosus
|
| form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legs; inheritance is autosomal dominant |
distal muscular dystrophy
|
| one who dodders from old age and weakness |
dodderer
|
| progressive weakness of muscles |
dystrophy
|
