sthenic
[sthen-ik]
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adjective
sturdy; heavily and strongly built.
Origin of sthenic
First recorded in 1780–90; extracted from asthenic
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These latter were to be used in sthenic, the others in asthenic disorders.
The Action of Medicines in the SystemFrederick William Headland
These were to be used respectively in asthenic and in sthenic disorders.
The Action of Medicines in the SystemFrederick William Headland
In the earlier stages of the attack the constitutional symptoms may be sthenic.
Brunonian System, a system which regards and treats diseases as due to defective or excessive excitation, as sthenic or asthenic.
The Nuttall EncyclopaediaEdited by Rev. James Wood
They have sometimes been employed with advantage in fevers of the acute or sthenic kind.
The Action of Medicines in the SystemFrederick William Headland
sthenic
adjective
Word Origin for sthenic
C18: from New Latin sthenicus, from Greek sthenos force, on the model of asthenic
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sthenic
[sthĕn′ĭk]
adj.
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