debilitating

1. The winds from the storms helped spread the debilitating citrus canker disease.

2. Wang told the doctor that her sister suffered from debilitating menstrual cramps, and the doctor immediately offered a discount on a checkup for her.

3. The euro zone is out of the emergency ward, but it may face a chronic debilitating illness rather than a rapid convalescence.

4. I have always been cursed by this debilitating phobia, but experience has not improved matters.

5. The Ministry of Health said Thursday that it will soon introduce a screening program for newborns that will help reduce the incidence of debilitating conditions.

6. Given the limitations of Myanmar's domestic medical resources, outside assistance will prove indispensable in coping with such a debilitating onslaught.

7. In addition to helping fight against debilitating diseases, humanized animals have played a pivotal role in developing new treatments for infertility.

8. Despite its debilitating effects, experts have stressed that leprosy can be treated and is not highly infectious.

9. Instead I was confronted with one of the darkest and most painfully debilitating chapters of my life.

10. Doctors removed nearly 2 feet of Ariel Sharon's large intestines Saturday during emergency surgery, his seventh operation since suffering a debilitating stroke last month.

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