acratia

English

Etymology

ἀ- (a-, “un-”) +‎ κράτος (krátos, “strength”)

Noun

acratia (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Feebleness; impotence or lack of strength due to lack of tone.
   • 2014, Xijun Yan, Dan Shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza) in Medicine, →ISBN:

     Patients with edema of the lower limbs, drowsiness acratia, abdominal distension, gloomy tongue with stagnation, knotted and intermittent pulse, etc., caused by deficiency of kidney qi and dampness and blood stasis, usually can be treated with True Warrior Decoction combined with Danshen, peach seed, mongolian milkvetch root, and lalang grass rhizome.

Usage notes

This term is used primarily by practitioners of Chinese medicine.