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LETHARGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
Example:
the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends
Synonyms:
flatness; languor; lethargy; phlegm; sluggishness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("lethargy" is a kind of...):
inactiveness; inactivity; inertia (a disposition to remain inactive or inert)
Derivation:
lethargic (deficient in alertness or activity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
Synonyms:
inanition; lassitude; lethargy; slackness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("lethargy" is a kind of...):
weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
Synonyms:
lassitude; lethargy; sluggishness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lethargy" is a kind of...):
torpidity; torpor (a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lethargy"):
hebetude (mental lethargy or dullness)
Context examples:
Signs and symptoms usually appear in infancy and include lethargy and developmental delays.
(Maple Syrup Urine Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
Inflammation also generates sensitivity in neighboring tissue, muscle and joint pain, fever, lethargy, and anorexia.
(Interleukin-1, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical manifestations include fever, muscle pain, respiratory distress, nausea, diarrhea, neck stiffness, irritability, seizures, and lethargy.
(Listeriosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include generalized fatigue, lethargy, increased body weight, pale, edematous and thickened skin, low blood pressure, constipation and cold intolerance.
(Myxedema, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include seizures, delayed growth, behavioral changes, ataxia, lethargy, and coma.
(Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include tachypnea, respiratory distress, tachycardia or bradycardia, lethargy, and seizures.
(Neonatal Hypoglycemia, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include tachypnea, cyanosis, dyspnea, and lethargy.
(Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
They include vomiting, dehydration, hypotonia, developmental delays, hepatomegaly, lethargy, intellectual disabilities, and chronic kidney disease.
(Methylmalonic Acidemia, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include truncal ataxia, disturbed gait, lethargy, headache, and vomiting.
(Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms appear in infancy and include lethargy, seizures, developmental delay and mental disability.
(Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthetase I Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)
