sthenic
/ˈsθɛnɪk
/adjective Medicine, dated
Of or having a high or excessive level of strength and energy.It has relieved tonic, and clonic spasms, and the spasms of sthenic as well as asthenic conditions....
- At the onset of tonsillitis the conditions are usually sthenic and indications prominent for veratrum.
- They bled in all sthenic disease for ‘spasms of the extreme arteries, for congestion,’ etc.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Greek sthenos 'strength', on the pattern of asthenic.