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Sickliness

The quality or state of being sickly.

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Debility 76% connected

The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor.

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Feebleness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.

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Frailness 76% connected

Frailty.

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Frailty 76% connected

The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or se…

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Infirmity 76% connected

The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infir…

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Valetudinarianism 76% connected

The condition of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity.

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