Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sthenicity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sthenic-i-ty
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being sthenic.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"So that really the sthenicity or asthenicity (if you will allow me these terms) of an inflammation is not a question of the time as of the manner of its existence?"
"The diagnostic marks of alkaline excess are asthenicity and aplasticity, while the signs of acid diathesis (except the phosphoric) are sthenicity and plasticity;[…]Excessive plasticity and sthenicity indicates excess of acid or deficiency of alkali in the system;"
"The danger of antimony, indeed, is that it may kill by the very depression which it produces; and its value, to put the opposite, is in proportion to the sthenicity of the disease."

Etymology

From sthenic + -ity.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sthenic

Usage

Questions

What does sthenicity mean?: The quality of being sthenic.
Where does sthenicity come from?: From sthenic + -ity.

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