infirmity
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) (Freq. 1) • Syn: frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism • Derivationally related forms: frail (for: frailness), feeble (for: feebleness), debile (for: debility), debilitate (for: debility), infirm • Hypernyms: unfitness, softness • Hyponyms: asthenia, astheny, cachexia, cachexy, wasting
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