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PRONUNCIATION OF ASTHENIC

asthenic  [æsˈθɛnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASTHENIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Asthenic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ASTHENIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Weakness

Weakness is a symptom represented, medically, by a number of different conditions, including: lack of muscle strength, malaise, dizziness, or fatigue. The causes are many and can be divided into conditions that have true or perceived muscle weakness. True muscle weakness is a primary symptom of a variety of skeletal muscle diseases, including muscular dystrophy and inflammatory myopathy. It occurs in neuromuscular junction disorders, such as myasthenia gravis.

Definition of asthenic in the English dictionary

The definition of asthenic in the dictionary is of, relating to, or having asthenia; weak. Other definition of asthenic is a person having long limbs and a small trunk.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASTHENIC


anthropogenic
ˌænθrəpəʊˈdʒɛnɪk
calisthenic
ˌkælɪsˈθɛnɪk
callisthenic
ˌkælɪˈsθɛnɪk
carcinogenic
ˌkɑːsɪnəˈdʒɛnɪk
chromogenic
ˌkrəʊməˈdʒɛnɪk
comedogenic
ˌkɒmɪdəˈdʒɛnɪk
cryogenic
ˌkraɪəˈdʒɛnɪk
erogenic
ˌɛrəˈdʒɛnɪk
Hellenic
hɛˈlɛnɪk
hypoallergenic
ˈhaɪpəʊˌæləˈdʒɛnɪk
hyposthenic
ˌhaɪpɒsˈθɛnɪk
mitogenic
ˌmaɪtəʊˈdʒɛnɪk
neurasthenic
ˌnjʊərəsˈθɛnɪk
pathogenic
ˌpæθəˈdʒɛnɪk
photogenic
ˌfəʊtəˈdʒɛnɪk
ruthenic
ruːˈθɛnɪk
schizophrenic
ˌskɪtsəʊˈfrɛnɪk
sthenic
ˈsθɛnɪk
transgenic
trænzˈdʒɛnɪk
xenic
ˈzɛnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASTHENIC

asterism
Asterix
astern
asternal
asteroid
asteroid belt
asteroidal
asteroidean
astert
asthenia
asthenopia
asthenopic
asthenosphere
asthenospheric
astheny
asthma
asthmatic
asthmatical
asthmatically
asthore

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASTHENIC

allergenic
androgenic
arsenic
atherogenic
euphenic
genic
hygienic
hypersthenic
hyphenic
irenic
isogenic
myasthenic
myogenic
naphthenic
phenic
psychasthenic
scenic
sphenic
teratogenic
urosthenic

Synonyms and antonyms of asthenic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «asthenic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASTHENIC

Find out the translation of asthenic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of asthenic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «asthenic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

虚弱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asténico
570 millions of speakers

English

asthenic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

asthenic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وهني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

астенический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

asthenic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অশক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

asthénique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Asthenic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

asthenischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無力の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Asthenic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

suy nhược
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடங்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्षुमक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

astenik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

astenica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

asteniczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

астенічний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

astenic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασθενικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

asthenic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

astenisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

asthenic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of asthenic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASTHENIC»

The term «asthenic» is normally little used and occupies the 128.819 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASTHENIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «asthenic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «asthenic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about asthenic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASTHENIC»

Discover the use of asthenic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to asthenic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Therapeutic Gazette
The clinical picture of the general asthenic is different from that of the neurasthenic. The asthenic has the attitude of listlessness and general body weakness; states his history only by the aid of close questioning, and is psychically balanced, ...
2
Cornell University Medical Bulletin
52 170 Asthenic Died, 6 mo. 10 47 180 Asthenic Died 14 72 220 Coma Died IS 41 170 Asthenic Died 16 198 250 + Conv. Died 18 178 200 + Conv. Died 22 65 160 + Asthenic Died 23 104 160 Asthenic Died 24 86 200 + Conv. Died 26 40 280 ...
Cornell University. Medical College, 1912
3
Archives of Internal Medicine
szomc NEPHRITIS WITH UREMIA Case Nitrogen Blood-Pressure Type Termination I mg. ' i 1 l 68 l 190 + Asthenic Improved 2 l 56 i 160 + _ Asthenic Died 5 l 110 , 190 + COHV. Died 7 i 62 ' 150 Conv. Died, 1 mo. 8 t 52 i 170 Asthenic Died.
4
Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics
Let one stop here and ask what is the cause of the general asthenic state, and immediately one is engulfed in a maze of developmental and pathological facts and fancies, the true interpretations of which no one as yet knows. From our clinical ...
Franklin Henry Martin, 1915
5
The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure
Lastly, these same powers, after they have occasioned the highest excitement of which the system is susceptible, end in indirect debility, and give rise to the asthenic diseases, which depend upon it. It is this transition from the highest ...
6
The Carolina Medical Journal
The symptoms of this disease are too well known and too easily recognized to require description. Clinically and therapeutically I have divided the disease into two varieties, viz : the asthenic and sthenic. The intermittent referred to by several  ...
7
Northwest Medicine
The presence of the general asthenic state is the one factor which stands out in bold relief from among all others. Sixty-two patients of the series did not possess a general body weakness, and their symptoms were noticeably different from ...
8
The Universal magazine
on the excitability. The exciting pow- alone, are about to degenerate into ers, in consuming the excitability from asthenic diseases. 80 degrees to 40, will increase the ex- " The same asthenic powers which citenient or life to 40, which corre- ...
9
The History and Heroes of the Art of Medicine
When the exciting powers, called hurtful exciting powers, are too great, they produce, as has been already observed, asthenic predisposition, and all the - diseases of that class. Lastly, these same powers, after they have occasioned the  ...
John Rutherfurd Russell, 1861
10
A dictionary of practical medicine: comprising special ...
If blood be taken in any of the varieties of asthenic inflammation, it either does not coagulate, assuming a treacly appearance, or it coagulates imperfectly, the crassamentum being loose; or the imperfect coagulum consists, in its upper half, of a ...
James Copland, 1866

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASTHENIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term asthenic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Karlovy Vary 2015: The festival celebrates its 50th anniversary in style
My Joy and Into the Fog Ukranian director Sergei Loznitsa picks Kira Muratova's The Asthenic Syndrome; Japanese cult maverick Sion Sono (Love Exposure, ... «CineVue, Jul 15»
2
Parents, Remembered
At one point, he reproduces his father's hard-to-follow case notes: “Pt. is asthenic [i.e., of slender build] and underweight. Pulse 110. Reflexes ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
3
Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Present Six Close Encounters
Loznitsa will show director Kira Muratova's magnum opus “The Asthenic Syndrome” (1989). This raw epic about the state of Soviet society ... «Variety, Jun 15»
4
When Ebola turned routine care into a life threatening event
"I was asthenic, I did not eat. The colleagues in the treatment centre did a lot for me. They came to wash and feed me. There were even students of mine who ... «World Health Organization, May 15»
5
Important UCB presence at the 2015 American Academy of …
... patients treated with Neupro are nausea, application site reactions, asthenic conditions (including fatigue, asthenia, malaise) and headache. «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
6
Westerado: Double Barreled
'Westerado: Double Barreled' subscribes to a more retro asthenic for its Western setting. While it does not adhere wholly to a 8- or 16-bit style, ... «High-Def Digest, Apr 15»
7
What Would Being In A Bunker For 15 Years Really Do To Your Head?
Soviet scientists, studying long-term space flight, dubbed this sort of thing an "asthenic reaction." Exercise and rest can only do so much. «io9, Mar 15»
8
Celebrating Fine Wine Partners gifting in-store
The design asthenic centred around understanding that liquor retail environments would be motivated to maximise on counter location, if the result had a ... «PRWire, Mar 15»
9
'We've lost faith in whole medical profession' - Family of frail gran …
Mrs Leaper, who had suffered from asthenic heart disease, angina, high cholesterol and hyper-tension, had been admitted to hospital in ... «Gazette Live, Dec 14»
10
Abstract and Introduction
At our first observation, the patient was asthenic, with severe pain and functional limitations. There was also a superinfection due to Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ... «Medscape, Nov 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Asthenic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/asthenic>. Apr 2024 ».
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