Diseases

Fatigue

The state of weariness following a period of exertion, mental or physical, characterized by a decreased capacity for work and reduced efficiency to respond to stimuli.

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The state of weariness following a period of exertion, mental or physical, characterized by a decreased capacity for work and reduced efficiency to respond to stimuli.

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  • Lassitude

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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do not use for fatigue of isolated muscle fibers in physiol exper ( = MUSCLE FATIGUE)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Fatigue. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005221. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005221
  2. Fatigue. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue
  3. Fatigue. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9690