enthetic

American  

[en-thet-ik] / ɛnˈθɛt ɪk /

adjective

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

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enthetic British  

/ ɛnˈθɛtɪk /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of enthetic

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

Example Sentences

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.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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 A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Is a special proclivity to any of the group of enthetic febrile diseases ever inherited?

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The absence of the characters belonging to definite organisms31 in the easily-studied virus of small-pox and vaccinia stands, a priori, against the probability of such organisms being essential to the causation of other enthetic diseases.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various