Definition of Debilitating

1. Adjective. Impairing the strength and vitality.


Definition of Debilitating

1. Adjective. Causing a loss of energy or strength. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of debilitate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Debilitating

1. debilitate [v] - See also: debilitate

Medical Definition of Debilitating

1. Denoting or characteristic of a morbid process that causes weakness. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Debilitating

debendification
debenture
debenture bond
debentured
debentures
debenzylation
debenzylations
debes
debiasing
debile
debilitant
debilitants
debilitate
debilitated
debilitates
debilitating (current term)
debilitation
debilitations
debilitative
debilities
debility
debismuthization
debit
debit card
debit cards
debit entry
debit side
debitable
debitage
debite

Literary usage of Debilitating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Homœopathic therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1879)
"Sad oppressed mood; taciturn, listless; the hair turns »ray ; febrile heat in the evening, with anguish and accelerated pulse ; debilitating sweats in the ..."

2. The Friend of Peace by Noah Worcester, Massachusetts Peace Society (1827)
"... that the source whence it came, was very far from being an objection to giving it a place in this work. THE debilitating POWER OF SLAVERY ILLUSTRATED. ..."

3. Key-notes to the Materia Medica by Henry Newell Guernsey, Joseph Colburn Guernsey (1886)
"Pneumonia from debilitating losses, or, with badly smelling expectoration ... Painful weariness in the limbs, after a long walk, after debilitating losses; ..."

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