TOTTERING
\tˈɒtəɹɪŋ], \tˈɒtəɹɪŋ], \t_ˈɒ_t_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]\
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unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man"
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(of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse; "a tottering empire"
By Princeton University
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Idiopathic Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias
- series of gastrointestinal disorders which share in common excessive loss protein, mainly albumin, across gut wall. occur stomach (Menetrier disease), as well the small bowel (intestinal lymphangiectases, assorted inflammatory states). They are also occasionally associated with congestive heart failure (again a bowel protein loss).