sthenic

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Adjective

TANDA HUBUNG

sthen=ic

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sthenic, a. [Gr. strength: cf. F. sthénique.].

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. [1913 Webster]

Sthenic theory. See Stimulism (a).

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sthenic, adj. Med. (of a disease etc.) with a morbid increase of vital action esp. of the heart and arteries.

Etymology

Gk sthenos strength, after asthenic