procatarxis

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noun

The kindling of a disease into action; the procatarctic cause.

OriginAncient Greek προκαταρκτικός →
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Meanings

noun
  1. datedmedicineThe kindling of a disease into action; the procatarctic cause.

    a sudden , ſolemn , and invincible cause, without any previous Disposition or Procatarxis

    1685, Thomas Willis, The London Practice of Physick

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπροκαταρκτικός“first beginning”
  2. Englishprocatarxis

From Ancient Greek προκαταρκτικός (prokatarktikós, “first beginning”), from προκατάρχω (prokatárkhō).

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