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† ˈschetic, a. Path. Obs. [a. mod.L. scheticus (in schetica febris), ad. Gr. σχετικός (taken in the etymologically admissible sense ‘related to a σχέσις schesis 2, or temporary condition of the body’; the classical senses are ‘holding firm, holding back, retentive’), f. σχ-, ἔχειν: see schesis.] Of diseases: see quots.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Schetick-Feaver, a Feaver so call'd because it is chiefly seated in the Blood, and may be easily cur'd; upon which account it is oppos'd to a Hectick Feaver, that is fixed in the Very Habit of the Body, and not to be remov'd without great Difficulty. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Supp., Schetic diseases, a term used by the old writers in medicine to express such diseases as were not deeply rooted in the constitution, but might be easily removed. |