Definition of Asthenic

1. Adjective. Lacking strength or vigor.

Exact synonyms: Adynamic, Debilitated, Enervated
Similar to: Weak
Derivative terms: Asthenia, Astheny

2. Adjective. Having a slender physique.
Similar to: Ectomorphic

Definition of Asthenic

1. a. Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.

Definition of Asthenic

1. Adjective. Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Asthenic

1. a slender, lightly muscled person [n -S]

Medical Definition of Asthenic

1. Characterised by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating. Origin: Gr.; priv. + strength. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asthenic

asteroseismical
asteroseismological
asteroseismologically
asteroseismologist
asteroseismologists
asteroseismology
asterostromelloid
asters
asterseismology
astert
asterted
asterting
asterts
asthenia
asthenias
asthenic (current term)
asthenic personality
asthenic personality disorder
asthenic type
asthenics
asthenies
asthenopia
asthenopic
asthenosphere
asthenospheres
asthenospheric

Literary usage of Asthenic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1902)
"A Case of asthenic Bulbar Paralysis with the Results of Autopsy. ... discusses the nature of asthenic bulbar paralysis and quotes a number of cases from the ..."

2. New Truths in Ophthalmology by Giles Christopher Savage (1896)
"It is evident that only asthenic ... there are also two forms of heterophoria, the sthenic and the asthenic, the one being easily distinguishable from the ..."

3. Outlines of Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt, Charles Hubbard Judd (1897)
"Joy accompanied by surprise may, on the contrary, present the appearance, on its physical side, of an asthenic emotion. The general phenomena of innervation ..."

4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1860)
"And I believe likewise, that we might extend this remark to the opposite forms of subacute or asthenic bronchitis, which we not uncommonly meet with—I mean ..."

5. Practical Organotherapy: The Internal Secretions in General Practice by Henry Robert Harrower (1922)
"THE asthenic, THIN, BUT WIRY TYPE Question: "You remember that a few weeks ago I ... The large majority of individuals who are asthenic and run-down are ..."

6. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1898)
"It is doubtful, however, whether these characters always suffice to enable us to differentiate the cases of multiple neuritis. 6. asthenic ..."

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