Meaning & use
asthenic
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Medical term describing a person with a slight, lean body build and low muscular strength; also, characterized by weakness or lack of energy.
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The doctor classified the patient's build as asthenic, tall and thin with little muscle mass.
The illness left him feeling asthenic and unable to get out of bed.
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"Asthenic" comes from the Greek "asthenes," meaning weak, and was historically used by psychiatrist Ernst Kretschmer to classify body types.
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