weakness

weakness

a weak bodily state as expressed by reluctance to and difficulty in rising, a shuffling, disinclination to move and then only slowly, eating slowly and a drooping posture. Can be the result of a general toxemia, of a mild form of paralysis, of anemia and other debilitating diseases.

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episodic weakness

one that waxes and wanes, varying from mild or inapparent to severe in the same animal. A characteristic of certain neuromuscular, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders such as myasthenia gravis, polymyositis, hypoglycemia, abnormalities in blood potassium levels, and cardiac arrhythmias and conduction blocks.