exhaustion

(ĭg-zôs'chən)
n.

1. The act or an instance of exhausting.
2. The state of being exhausted; extreme fatigue: The runner collapsed from exhaustion.

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noun

The condition of being extremely tired: fatigue, tiredness, weariness. See tired/fresh.

n

Definition: tiredness
Antonyms: energy, liveliness, readiness, vigor

A condition of extreme fatigue when a person can no longer continue physical activity. See also heat exhaustion.

Situation in which a majority of participants trading in the same asset are either long or short, leaving few investors to take the other side of the transaction when participants wish to close their positions. Exhaustion signals the reversal of the current trend because it illustrates excess levels of supply or demand.

Investopedia Says:
Traders can identify periods of exhaustion by looking at the Commitments of Traders Report. This report is published every week and shows levels of open interest in the futures markets. An excessively high number of long contracts could indicate that everybody who wishes to be long has already taken a position, leaving few investors to buy these assets back at a higher price.

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Privation of energy with consequent inability to respond to stimuli; lassitude.

• heat e. — an effect of excessive exposure to heat. See also heat exhaustion.
• physical e. — occurs most commonly in horses engaged in endurance or marathon events. Also in males engaged in territorial combats; bulls and boars are the usual combatants. There are some lacerations but exhaustion is the main problem. Manifested by lethargy, dehydration, hyperthermia, hyperpnea, tachycardia, muscle tremor and some muscle spasm, restlessness, anal relaxation, unwillingness to stand, fidgeting while down, pale cyanotic mucosa and poor capillary refill time.
• e. syndrome — in a fit horse normal levels of function in the cardiopulmonary system should be regained within 30 to 60 minutes of stopping work. This is unlikely with horses that are exhausted and which have the following clinical signs—lethargy, dehydration, hyperthermia, hyperpnea, tachycardia, muscle tremor, restlessness, relaxation of the anal sphincter, reluctance to stand, pale mucosa, poor capillary refill and a respiratory to cardiac rate ratio of greater than 2:1. Called also exhausted horse syndrome.

(eg-zôs′chən)
n

The loss of vital and nervous power from fatigue or protracted disease.

For a list of words related to exhaustion, see:

• Signs and Symptoms - exhaustion: extreme fatigue

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See words rhyming with "exhaustion."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - opbrug, udtømning, udpining, udpumpning, slutning ved udelukkelsesprincip

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitputting, het verbruiken, aftapping, uitlaat(gas), het bereiken van een conclusie door uitsluiting

Français (French)
n. - épuisement, fatigue extrême

Deutsch (German)
n. - Erschöpfung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σωματική εξάντληση, αποκάμωμα, εξάντληση (αποθεμάτων κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
esaurimento, spossamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - esvaziamento (m), cansaço (m)

Русский (Russian)
изнурение, истощение, изнеможение, опустошение

Español (Spanish)
n. - agotamiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utmattning, förbrukning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
疲惫, 竭尽, 筋疲力尽

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 疲憊, 竭盡, 筋疲力盡

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소모, 피로, 배기, 철저한 검토

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 使い尽くすこと, 消耗, 極度の疲労, ノイローゼ, 排気, 徹底的検討

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تعب شديد, استنزاف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עייפות, תשישות, הרקה, אזילה‬

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