FATIGABILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fatigability mean? 

• FATIGABILITY (noun)
  The noun FATIGABILITY has 1 sense:

1. susceptibility to fatigue; a tendency to get tired or lose strength

  Familiarity information: FATIGABILITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FATIGABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Susceptibility to fatigue; a tendency to get tired or lose strength

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("fatigability" is a kind of...):

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

 Context examples 

An autoimmune disease characterized by weakness and fatigability of proximal muscles, particularly of the pelvic girdle, lower extremities, trunk, and shoulder girdle.

(Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It affects predominantly the proximal muscles of the lower extremities, resulting in muscle weakness and fatigability.

(Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) Tension; feelings of tension, fatigability, startle response, moved to tears easily, trembling, feelings of restlessness, inability to relax.

(HAMA - Tension, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include muscle weakness, easy fatigability, feeding and respiratory difficulties, and scoliosis.

(Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms of anemia may include pallor of the skin and mucous membranes, shortness of breath, palpitations of the heart, soft systolic murmurs, lethargy, and fatigability.

(Anemia, NCI Thesaurus)