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Definition of Sthenic
1. a. Strong; active; -- said especially of morbid states attended with excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, and characterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervous system; as, a sthenic fever.
Definition of Sthenic
1. Adjective. (pathology archaic) Characterised by nervous energy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sthenic
1. sthenia [adj] - See also: sthenia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sthenic
Literary usage of Sthenic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Truths in Ophthalmology by Giles Christopher Savage (1896)
"sthenic AND Asthenic ... it seems necessary to have terms for distinguishing them.
sthenic ... sthenic ..."
2. Outlines of Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt, Charles Hubbard Judd (1897)
"Thus, for example, joy and anger may be in like manner sthenic emotions.
Joy accompanied by surprise may, on the contrary, present the appearance, ..."
3. Outlines of Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt, Charles Hubbard Judd (1902)
"Thus, for example, joy and anger may be in like manner sthenic emotions.
Joy accompanied by surprise may, on the contrary, present the appearance, ..."
4. Lectures on fever: Delivered in the Theatre of the Meath Hospital and County by William Stokes (1876)
"CHANGE OF PRACTICE as regards the treatment of fever—Change of type in disease
from sthenic to asthenic—Views of Alison—Sir Robert Christison—The author's ..."
5. An Account of the Life, Lectures, and Writings of William Cullen by John Thomson (1859)
"Stimuli which produce a degree of excitement greater than that of health, give
rise to diseases that are denominated sthenic, or diseases of excessive ..."
6. The Clinical Journal (1905)
"The sthenic form occurs in people who seem otherwise to be in robust health, ...
The sthenic tongue is firm and generally furred; the asthénie is flabby, ..."
7. The Philosophy of Living by Herbert Mayo (1838)
"sthenic* or a relaxed condition. The body may be either full and sthenic, or full
and relaxed; or spare and sthenic, or spare and relaxed. ..."
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