enthetic

[ en-thet-ik ]

adjective

1. introduced from without, as diseases propagated by inoculation.

enthetic

/ ɛnˈθɛtɪk /

adjective

1. (esp of infectious diseases) introduced into the body from without

Word History and Origins

Origin of enthetic¹

1865–70; < Greek enthetikós, equivalent to énthet ( os ) (verbid of entithénai to put in, equivalent to en- en- ² + tithénai to put) + -ikos -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of enthetic¹

C19: from Greek enthetikos, from entithenai to put in

Example Sentences

The discussion of this subject will occur on a later page as a part of the general topic of the causation of enthetic diseases.

From Project Gutenberg

Enthetic causation is a large subject, including all origination of disease by the introduction of morbid materials from without the body.6 Medical opinion has generally accepted, and facts fully sustain, the recognition of three groups of enthetic disorders, viz.: those which are personally contagious; such as are locally epidemic; and epidemic diseases.

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While endeavoring to ascertain the limits of our present knowledge upon these questions, let us first notice what are the most positive facts concerning them, some of which are common to the whole group or class of what have been, since Liebig, often called zymotic,7 but latterly more often enthetic, diseases.

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Other zymotic or enthetic diseases.

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That such organisms are the essential and direct causes of enthetic maladies by invading the human and other living bodies as parasites, consuming and disorganizing their tissues, blood corpuscles,20 etc.

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