Words / A / Medicine

abulia

noun/əˈbjuːliə/

C2CEFR level
97/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A pathological loss of will, drive or initiative in which a person is unable to make decisions or act spontaneously.

Following the frontal infarct he sank into an abulia so complete that he would leave a ringing phone unanswered beside him.

Topic: Mental health in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

Get words like abulia on your lock screen, a few a day, with review that makes them stick.

Download on the App Store Lexfall puts a new word on your home and lock screen through widgets, so you learn without opening an app. Free to download. After a free trial, a subscription unlocks every field. Built for iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.
QR code that opens Lexfall on the App Store
On a computer?Scan with your iPhone camera.

More medicine words: Mental health