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- Dictionaryfrail/freɪl/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) weak and delicate: "his small, frail body" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a woman. informal, dated US
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4 days ago · An assessment of patient frailty provides a more accurate picture of the patient's individual vulnerability than age and multimorbidity alone, and is therefore a useful aid in making clinical decisions in hospitals.
- Magnhild Skråmestø Dejgaard, Siri Rostoft
- 2021
5 days ago · Brittle hair occurs when hair lacks moisture. If this problem goes uncorrected, the hair can become dry and break easily, especially at the ends. Brittle hair can feel straw-like to the touch. The dryness that leads to brittle hair can happen because of over-washing, styling products, or blow-drying.
- Kathi Valeii
1 day ago · Narcissistic personality disorder ( NPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a life-long pattern of exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a diminished ability to empathize with other people's feelings.
5 days ago · Social frailty is a corollary to physical frailty, a set of vulnerabilities (including weakness, exhaustion, unintentional weight loss, slowness, and low physical activity) shown to increase the risk of falls, disability, hospitalization, poor surgical outcomes, admission to a nursing home, and earlier death in older adults.
1 day ago · A group of geriatricians proposed a general definition of frailty as "a physical state of increased vulnerability to stressors that results from decreased reserves and disregulation in multiple physiological systems".
2 days ago · This is a list of countries by order of appearance in the Fragile States Index (formerly the Failed States Index) of the United States think tank Fund for Peace. A fragile state has several attributes.
1 day ago · Search the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus for millions of synonyms, similar words, and antonyms. Our unique ranking system helps you find the right word fast and expand your English vocabulary.
