386. Strength and Weakness

See also 154. FATIGUE .

analepsis, analepsy

Obsolete, recovery of strength after an illness. See also 168. FOOD and NUTRITION .

armipotence

Rare. strength in battle.

asthenia

Medicine. any of several conditions characterized by lack or loss of strength and energy, as neurasthenia, myasthenia, or somasthenia. —asthenie, adj.

equipollence, equipollency

equalness of force, validity, etc. —equipollent, adj. See also 250. LOGIC .

hypopotencia, hypopotency

Medicine. a condition of diminished power, especially of diminished electrical activity of the cerebral cortex.

hyposthenia

a condition of abnormal weakness or loss of strength. —hypos-thenic, adj.

impotency

1. a condition of reduced or absent power; weakness.

2. a complete failure of sexual power, especially in the male. Also called impotence, impotentness. —impotent, adj.

invalescence

Obsolete, a state of good health; strength.

invertebracy

the state or quality of being invertebrate or without a backbone, as certain organisms, animals, etc.; hence, spinelessness; exhibiting a lack of strength of character. —invertebrate, adj.

lability

the susceptibility to error or lapses of any kind, as a human failing. —labile, adj.

milksopism

1. the state or quality of being a weak and ineffectual person.

2. behavior or attitudes typical of a milksop.

myoatrophy

atrophy or wasting away of the muscles.

omnipotence

the state or quality of being infinite in power, authority, or might. —omnipotent, adj.

sthenia

strength of body; vital force. —sthenic, adj.

tonicity

the state or quality of having good muscular tone or tension. —tonic, adj.