Both Uses of
debilitate
in
Hiroshima
- many people began to harbor parasites, which were not fatal in themselves but were seriously debilitating to those who had had radiation sickness.
Chpt 5 *debilitating = weakening
- There were several ailments, less life-threatening than the cancers, that were thought by many doctors — and by most of the people who were subject to them — to have resulted from exposure to the bomb: several sorts of anemia, liver dysfunction, sexual problems, endocrine disorders, accelerated aging, and the not-quite-really-sick yet undeniable debilitation of which so many complained.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(debilitate) to weaken