English Dictionary: sthenic | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sthenic \Sthen"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] strength: cf. F. sth[82]nique.] (Med.) 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. {Sthenic theory}. See {Stimulism} (a) . |