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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In medicine, the kindling of a disease into action by a procatarctic cause, when a predisposition exists; also, the procatarctic cause of a disease.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) The kindling of a disease into action; also, the procatarctic cause.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine, dated The kindling of a disease into action; the procatarctic cause.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek first beginning.

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