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‖ procaˈtarxis Obs. [mod.L., a. Gr. προκάταρξις a first beginning: see procatarctic.] A ‘procatarctic’ or exciting cause, or its operation.
1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Procatarctica, the pre-existent Cause of a Disease, which co-operates with others that are subsequent; whether it be external or internal, as Anger, or Heat in the Air, which beget ill Juice in the Blood, and cause a Fever. Procatarxis, the same. 1699‘Misaurus’ Honour of Gout 24 And remove the Procatarxis of the Gout. 1719–26Quincy Lex. Physico-Med., Procatarxis..is the pre-existent Cause of a Disease. |