DEBILITATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does debilitated mean? 

• DEBILITATED (adjective)
  The adjective DEBILITATED has 1 sense:

1. lacking energy or vitality

  Familiarity information: DEBILITATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEBILITATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking energy or vitality

Synonyms:

adynamic; asthenic; debilitated; enervated

Similar:

weak (wanting in physical strength)

 Context examples 

He turned on hearing a noise, and perceiving me, shrieked loudly, and quitting the hut, ran across the fields with a speed of which his debilitated form hardly appeared capable.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

A severe gangrenous process occurring predominantly in debilitated and malnourished children, especially in underdeveloped countries.

(Gangrenous Stomatitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Semisynthetic, broad-spectrum antibacterial derived from CEPHALORIDINE and used especially for Pseudomonas and other gram-negative infections in debilitated patients.

(Ceftazidime Sodium, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)