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asthenic, a. and n. Path.|æsˈθɛnɪk|
[ad. Gr. ἀσθενικός: see prec.]
A. adj.
a. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by asthenia; weak, debilitated; weakening.
1789Nath. Foster Parr's Wks. (1828) VII. 466 Are you sure that your diathesis is purely asthenic. 1852T. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. I. iii. 136 Bleeding, evacuating, and all the asthenic remedies.
b. Applied to a type of physique (see quot. 1937).
1925W. J. H. Sprott tr. Kretschmer's Physique & Character i. ii. 19 Three ever-recurring principal types of physique have emerged..which we will call ‘asthenic’, ‘athletic’, and ‘pyknic’. 1927Henderson & Gillespie Text-bk. Psychiatry vii. 118 The thin, visceroptotic ‘asthenic’ type. 1937[see athletic a. 3].
B. n. One who is asthenic.
1893in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1925E. & C. Paul tr. Janet's Psychol. Healing i. iii. 389 Deschamps finds it necessary to admit that, under the influence of strong emotion, an asthenic can perform actions which are beyond his powers at ordinary times. 1925W. J. H. Sprott tr. Kretschmer's Physique & Character i. ii. 21 The essential characteristic of the type of the male asthenic is..a deficiency in thickness combined with an average unlessened length. |