hypersthene
noun
a dark iron magnesium silicate, an orthorhombic pyroxene containing more than 14 percent ferrous oxide.
hypersthenic
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a word derived from
hypersthene.
Example Sentences
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The various and opposite forms of disease—acute and chronic, hypersthenic and asthenic—are habitually treated and cured, in his own practice and that of his students, by electricity alone.
From A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication by Clark, Daniel
