Sthenic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sthenic \Sthen"ic\, a. [Gr. ? strength: cf. F. sth['e]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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Sthenic theory}. See {Stimulism}
     (a) .
         [1913 Webster]