sthenic

American  

[sthen-ik] / ˈsθɛn ɪk /

adjective

1. sturdy; heavily and strongly built.

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sthenic British  

/ ˈsθɛnɪk /

adjective

1. abounding in energy or bodily strength; active or strong

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Etymology

Origin of sthenic

First recorded in 1780–90; extracted from asthenic

Example Sentences

Treatment.—As this is a disease unattended by alterations of the blood itself, although a specific fever, and is of a sthenic type, active remedies are admissible and indicated.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

To this we may add, that whatsoever part may have been injured by inflammation, that part in every future sthenic attack is in more danger of being inflamed than the rest.

From Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Garnett, Thomas

We see in them, indeed, all the vehemence and self-destructive forces of "sthenic" disease—disease as it occurs in strong men struck down in full health.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

For instance, the first slight disturbance of the functions which rises from a sthenic state, often resembles those verging towards a state of debility or asthenia.

From Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Garnett, Thomas

Hence likewise we see, why debilitating powers applied to the part will not reduce the inflammation; and why a warmth, which aggravates every really sthenic inflammatory affection, is so comfortable in this.

From Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Garnett, Thomas