different between inability vs abasia

English

Etymology

From earlier inhability (“disqualification for office”), equivalent to in- +? hability. Compare Middle French inhabilité, Medieval Latin inhabilit?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n??b?l?ti/

Noun

inability (countable and uncountable, plural inabilities)

1. Lack of the ability to do something; incapability.
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille (in The Guardian, 26 November 2013)[1]

     The Premier League leaders did what many people thought was beyond them in their last European excursion, at the home of Borussia Dortmund, and they made light work of overcoming Marseille on a night when the one-sidedness was not reflected by their inability to add to Jack Wilshere's two goals.

2. Lack of the option to do something; powerlessness.

Synonyms

• unability

Translations

English

Etymology

From New Latin a- (“without”) + Ancient Greek ????? (básis, “step”) + New Latin -ia (“pathological condition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?be?.??/, /?.?be?.?i.?/, /?.?be?.zi.?/

Noun

abasia (usually uncountable, plural abasias)

1. (medicine) An inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination.

   The patient is able to move her legs while lying down but has abasia when she stands up.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Finnish

Noun

abasia

1. (medicine) abasia (inability to walk)

Declension

Synonyms

• (inability): kävelykyvyttömyys

Derived terms

• abaattinen

Italian

Etymology

From a- + Ancient Greek ????? (básis, “step”) + -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba?zi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a?ba?sìa

Noun

abasia f (plural abasie)

1. (medicine) abasia

References

• abasia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Noun

abasia f (plural abasias)

1. (medicine) abasia (incapacity to walk)

Sardinian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian abasia, derived from Ancient Greek ????? (básis, “step”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba?si.a/, [a??a?zi?a]

Noun

abasia f (plural abasias)

1. (Limba Sarda Comuna, medicine) abasia (inability to walk)