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==Origin==
Common Germanic (wanting in Gothic and Frisian): [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wác, corresponding to Old Saxon, Middle Low German wêk, Middle Dutch weec (Dutch week), Old High German weih (Middle High German, German weich) yielding, soft, Old Norse veikr, vøyk-r (Swedish vek, Danish veg soft, Norwegian veik) weak < Old Germanic *waikwo-, < *waikw-: *wῑkw- to yield, give way
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: the [[quality]] or [[state]] of being weak; also : an instance or period of being weak <backed down in a moment of weakness>
*2: fault, [[defect]]
*3a : a special [[desire]] or fondness <has a weakness for sweets>
:b : an object of special desire or fondness <pizza is my weakness>
==Description==
'''Weakness''' is a [[symptom]] used to describe a [[number]] of different conditions, including: lack of [[muscle]] [[strength]], malaise, dizziness or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue fatigue]. The [[causes]] are many and can be divided into conditions that have true or [[perceived]] muscle weakness. True muscle weakness is a primary [[symptom]] of a variety of skeletal muscle diseases, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_dystrophy muscular dystrophy] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammatory_myopathy inflammatory myopathy]. It occurs in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromuscular_junction neuromuscular junction] disorders, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myasthenia_gravis myasthenia gravis].
Weakness can be central, [[neural]] and peripheral. Central muscle weakness manifests as an overall, bodily or systemic, sense of energy deprivation, and peripheral weakness manifests as a local, muscle-specific incapacity to do work. Neural weakness can be both central and peripheral.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weakness]
[[Category: Health]]
==Origin==
Common Germanic (wanting in Gothic and Frisian): [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wác, corresponding to Old Saxon, Middle Low German wêk, Middle Dutch weec (Dutch week), Old High German weih (Middle High German, German weich) yielding, soft, Old Norse veikr, vøyk-r (Swedish vek, Danish veg soft, Norwegian veik) weak < Old Germanic *waikwo-, < *waikw-: *wῑkw- to yield, give way
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: the [[quality]] or [[state]] of being weak; also : an instance or period of being weak <backed down in a moment of weakness>
*2: fault, [[defect]]
*3a : a special [[desire]] or fondness <has a weakness for sweets>
:b : an object of special desire or fondness <pizza is my weakness>
==Description==
'''Weakness''' is a [[symptom]] used to describe a [[number]] of different conditions, including: lack of [[muscle]] [[strength]], malaise, dizziness or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue fatigue]. The [[causes]] are many and can be divided into conditions that have true or [[perceived]] muscle weakness. True muscle weakness is a primary [[symptom]] of a variety of skeletal muscle diseases, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_dystrophy muscular dystrophy] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammatory_myopathy inflammatory myopathy]. It occurs in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromuscular_junction neuromuscular junction] disorders, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myasthenia_gravis myasthenia gravis].
Weakness can be central, [[neural]] and peripheral. Central muscle weakness manifests as an overall, bodily or systemic, sense of energy deprivation, and peripheral weakness manifests as a local, muscle-specific incapacity to do work. Neural weakness can be both central and peripheral.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weakness]
[[Category: Health]]