(in constitutional psychology) referring to a physique characterized by long limbs and a small trunk: claimed to be associated with a schizoid personality
See also somatotype
noun
3.
a person having long limbs and a small trunk
asthenic in American English
(æsˈθɛnɪk)
adjective
1.
of or having asthenia
2. Obsolete
ectomorphic
Word origin
Gr asthenikos
Examples of 'asthenic' in a sentence
asthenic
After a moment's silence he said, `As far as I can tell I am still whole, neither unnerved nor asthenic.