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debility

[dih-bil-i-tee] / dɪˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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If your pain is from nerve compression, a disc issue or joint degeneration, inactivity can cause muscles to tighten, pain to worsen, loss of physical condition and more debility.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

This season, the writers on “Succession” have been playing up the age-related debility and mental fogginess of their crotchety corporate monarch.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2021

This is the eschaton through lack of access, but also through human atrophy, debility, the desuetude of critical function.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2020

Whence the debility, the infantile degeneration of this imaginary.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2020

No sheep, affected with this disease, recovers after emaciation and debility have proceeded to any great extent.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert




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