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ασθένεια — meaning in English

astheneia

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English meaning

  • affection noun A feeling of fondness, warmth, or love toward someone.
  • ailment noun An illness, especially a minor or ongoing one.
  • disease noun An illness affecting the body or mind, caused by infection, malfunction, or other harmful factors.
  • illness noun A disease or period of poor health.
  • sickness noun The state of being ill; a specific illness.

Senses

ασθένεια is used for these senses in English:

  • affection (medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
  • ailment Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
  • disease (medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
  • illness (countable) An instance of a disease or poor health.
  • illness (uncountable) A state of bad health or disease.
  • sickness The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness.

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