Valetudinarianism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state, condition or habits of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity. uncountable
  2. 2
    the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) wordnet

Synonyms

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debilitydelicacydelicate healthexhaustionfeeblenessfragility

Etymology

From valetudinarian + -ism.

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