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frailty

[freyl-tee, frey-uhl-] / ˈfreɪl ti, ˈfreɪ əl- /


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Older adults still require adequate protein, vitamin B12, calcium and vitamin D - especially to preserve muscle mass and prevent frailty.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

Being underweight in older age is already strongly linked with increased risks of frailty and death.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

Beethoven’s music improves Goethe, extracting its humanity and frailty, and Dudamel’s performance probed its profound inevitability of good triumphing over evil.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Kinross says there is a link between gut bacteria and frailty, or an elderly person's ability to bounce back from an illness or injury.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Thus the banquet was the exultation, the harmony, the acceptance of physical frailty, joy in the termination of misery.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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