weakness
61plane of weakness — Surface or narrow zone with a shear (or tensile) strength lower than that of the surrounding material …
62color weakness — noun : a partial inability to distinguish colors that is not so marked as in color blindness …
63zone of weakness — I. noun see asthenosphere II. see zone of mobility …
64asthenia — Weakness or debility. SYN: adynamia (1). [G. astheneia, weakness, fr. a priv. + sthenos, strength] neurocirculatory a. an obsolete term for a type of anxiety neurosis formerly encountered often among military personnel during times of war, in… …
65hemiparesis — Weakness affecting one side of the body. * * * hemi·pa·re·sis .hem i pə rē səs, par ə n, pl re·ses .sēz muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body <discharged with a residual partial right hemiparesis (P. W.… …
66tetraparesis — Weakness of all four extremities. SYN: quadriparesis. * * * tet·ra·pa·re·sis pə rē səs, par ə n, pl re·ses .sēz muscle weakness affecting all four limbs called also quadriparesis * * * tet·ra·pa·re·sis (tet″rə pə …
67debility — Weakness. [L. debilitas, fr. debilis, weak, fr. de priv. + habilis, able] * * * de·bil·i·ty di bil ət ē n, pl ties the quality or state of being weak, feeble, or infirm esp physical weakness * * * de·bil·i·ty (də bilґĭ te) asthenia …
68paraparesis — Weakness affecting the lower extremities. [para + paresis] * * * para·pa·re·sis .par ə pə rē səs, .par ə par ə səs n, pl re·ses .sēz partial paralysis affecting the lower limbs * * * n. weakness of both legs, resulting from disease of the nervous …
69Quadriparesis — Weakness of all four limbs, both arms and both legs, as for example from muscular dystrophy. * * * SYN: tetraparesis. * * * quad·ri·pa·re·sis .kwäd rə pə rē səs, par ə n, pl re·ses .sēz TETRAPARESIS * * * quad·ri·pa·re·sis (kwod″rĭ… …
70dysbulia — Weakness and uncertainty of volition. [dys + G. boule, will] * * * n. any disturbance of the will or of the mental processes that lead to purposeful action …
