Noun: lethargy le-thu(r)-jee
- Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
"the general appearance of lethargy alarmed his friends";
- languor, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness
- Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
"Her lethargy was a symptom of depression";
- inanition, lassitude, slackness
- A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
"The patient's lethargy was a symptom of the disease";
- lassitude, sluggishness
Derived forms: lethargies
Type of: inactiveness, inactivity, inertia, torpidity, torpor, weakness
Encyclopedia: Lethargy