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Definition of Exhaustion

1. Noun. Extreme fatigue.

2. Noun. Serious weakening and loss of energy.

3. Noun. The act of exhausting something entirely.

Definition of Exhaustion

1. n. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

Definition of Exhaustion

1. Noun. The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up. ¹

2. Noun. Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy. ¹

3. Noun. (dated chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material ¹

4. Noun. (dated physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exhaustion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Exhaustion

1. 1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents. 2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits. 3. An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and quadratures, now investigated by the calculus. Origin: Cf. F. Exhaustion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exhaustion

exhaust hood exhaust manifold exhaust pipe exhaust pipes exhaust purifier exhaust system exhaust valve exhausted exhaustedly exhauster

exhausters exhaustibility exhaustible exhausting exhaustingly exhaustion (current term) exhaustion atrophy exhaustion psychosis exhaustions exhaustive

exhaustively exhaustiveness exhaustivities exhaustivity exhaustless exhaustlessly exhaustlessness exhaustly exhaustment exhaustments

Literary usage of Exhaustion

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

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"A man in acute shock or exhaustion is able to see danger, but lacks the normal muscular power to escape it; his temperature may be subnormal, ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"Heat exhaustion is frequently met with in conditions similar to those in which sunstroke ... Heat exhaustion.—In the tropics and in temperate regions during ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"On some points in connexion with the exhaustion of Soils. ... GILBERT, FRS, FCS The question of the exhaustion of soils was one of peculiar interest at the ..."

4. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1881)
"Absolute (temporary) exhaustion of the muscles, so that the strongest stimuli produce no ... Out of the body absolute exhaustion takes place readily. ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1873)
"Fatal Fatal 13 Jays exhaustion from persistent vomiting produced by chloroform. 10 daye Third day after operation had severe venous hemorrhage from the ..."

6. Accounting Practice and Procedure by Arthur Lowes Dickinson (1913)
"exhaustion of Minerals Thus far depreciation has been considered in respect of ... This is more generally known as provision for exhaustion of minerals. ..."

7. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1844)
"If we had taken a smaller receiver, the rate of exhaustion would have been much more rapid. Thus, if the receiver had only the capacity of the barrel, ..."

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