auctrix

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noun

A class of natural faculty.

OriginLatin auctrīx →
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Meanings

nounauctrix (plural not attested)
  1. archaicno pluralmedicineA class of natural faculty.

    Under the class of natural faculties, we find three principal sorts; to wit, a facultas generatrix, an auctrix, and a nutrix.

    1826, “Article XII. – Retrospective Review. – Tractatus de Ventriculo et Intestinis, cui præmittitur alius…”, in The North American Medical and Surgical Journal, page 145

Origin

  1. Latinauctrīx
  2. Englishauctrix

Learned borrowing from Latin auctrīx.

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APA

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Chicago

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