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  2. Akrasia - Wikipedia

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    Akrasia (/ ə ˈ k r eɪ z i ə /; Greek ἀκρασία, "lacking command" or "weakness", occasionally transliterated as acrasia or Anglicised as acrasy or acracy) is a lack of mental strength or willpower, or the tendency to act against one's better judgment. [1]

  3. Neurasthenia - Wikipedia

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    Neurasthenia (from the Ancient Greek νεῦρον neuron "nerve" and ἀσθενής asthenés "weak") is a term that was first used as early as 1829 [6] for a mechanical weakness of the nerves. [ clarification needed ] It became a major diagnosis in North America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries after neurologist ...

  4. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  5. Nesh - Wikipedia

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    The word comes from Old English hnesce meaning feeble, weak, or infirm [12] and is a cognate with the 16th century Dutch word nesch typically meaning damp or foolish. [2] The Oxford English Dictionary notes that some etymologists have suggested a connection with Old High German nasc , meaning 'to eat dainty food or delicacies' (the origin of ...

  6. Weakness - Wikipedia

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    Weakness is a symptom of many different medical conditions. [1] The causes are many and can be divided into conditions that have true or perceived muscle weakness. True muscle weakness is a primary symptom of a variety of skeletal muscle diseases, including muscular dystrophy and inflammatory myopathy.

  7. Muscle weakness - Wikipedia

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    Muscle weakness is a lack of muscle strength. Its causes are many and can be divided into conditions that have either true or perceived muscle weakness. True muscle weakness is a primary symptom of a variety of skeletal muscle diseases, including muscular dystrophy and inflammatory myopathy.

  8. Glossary of chemistry terms - Wikipedia

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    Also acid ionization constant or acidity constant. A quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution expressed as an equilibrium constant for a chemical dissociation reaction in the context of acid-base reactions. It is often given as its base-10 cologarithm, p K a. acid–base extraction A chemical reaction in which chemical species are separated from other acids and bases. acid ...

  9. Weak - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 July 2024. Look up weak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Weak may refer to: Songs "Weak" (AJR song), 2016 "Weak" (Melanie C song), 2011 "Weak" (SWV song), 1993 "Weak" (Skunk Anansie song), 1995 "Weak", a song by Seether from Seether: 2002-2013 Television episodes "Weak" (Fear the Walking Dead ...