单词 | enthetic |
释义 | entheticadj. Medicine. Now historical and rare. Of a disease: transmitted by contact; contagious. Also: of or relating to such diseases. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > inoculated inoculated1721 enthetic1856 invaccinated1897 1856 W. Farr Rep. Nomencl. & Statist. Classif. Dis. Statist. Returns in 16th Ann. Rep. Registrar-Gen. Births, Deaths, & Marriages Eng. App. 77 The Enthetic diseases..may be properly called contagious, as they are communicated by contract, puncture, or inocculation [sic]. (Types: syphilis, glanders.) 1867 Abyss. Exped. in Standard 23 Nov. Most danger is to be apprehended from the outbreak of epidemics—of smallpox, cholera, and enthetic disease. 1888 M. Mackenzie Illness Frederick the Noble 226 The man..urged that the disease might be of an enthetic character. 1909 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Apr. 980/2 Enthetic disease has undoubtedly been caught by direct contagion in this way. 2015 P. Willey & P. J. Collison in P. Willey & D. D. Scott Health Seventh Cavalry iii. 65 Most of the zymotic diseases encompassed what we consider infectious diseases today, especially those included in the first two subdivisions (miasmatic and enthetic orders). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1856 |
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