heredito-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin hērēditas , -o- connective.

Etymology: < classical Latin hērēditas heredity n. + -o- connective.Found in a small number of formations, exemplified below, from the second half of the 19th cent.

Chiefly Medicine.

1. Forming adjectives chiefly relating to diseases or disorders with the sense ‘both hereditary and ——’.Recorded earliest in heredito-syphilitic adj. and n. (a) at sense 2.

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1859 Med. Times & Gaz. 1 Jan. 11/1 (heading) The heredito-syphilitic nature of interstitial keratitis.

1895 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 19 Oct. 651/2 Two cases [of cataracts] occurred as a result of heredito-specific keratoiritis and were of the diffuse variety.

1902 Fort-Wayne (Indiana) Weekly Sentinel 19 Nov. 15/2 As a corollary of all these mental heredito-alcoholic manifestations, we find that infantile or juvenile criminality is more and more accentuated in the families of drinkers.

1939 Q. Rev. Biol. 14 229/1 The results..can only be interpreted as actual gene-coupling of the tendency to schizophrenia and the heredito-constitutional susceptibility to tuberculous infection.

1951 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Aug. 413/1 This [sc. Huntington's chorea] is a heredito-familial degeneration of the nervous system which manifests itself between the ages of 30 and 50.

1979 Science 7 Sept. 1048/3 (advt.) Requires special interest and training in heredito-degenerative diseases of the retina, especially diseases causing night blindness.

heredito-syphilitic adj. and n.

Brit.

/hᵻˌrɛdᵻtə(ʊ)sɪfᵻˈlɪtɪk/

U.S.

/həˌrɛdədoʊˌsɪf(ə)ˈlɪdɪk/

now disused (a) adj. of or relating to hereditary or congenital syphilis; affected with hereditary syphilis; (b) n. a person suffering from hereditary syphilis.

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1859Heredito-syphilitic [see sense 1].

1889 A. Post in J. M. Keating Cycl. Dis. Children II. ii. 217 There is in heredito-syphilitics a remarkable liability to a peculiar inflammation of the cornea.

1904 Internat. Clinics 14th Ser. 3 76 It is not unusual, as every one knows, for heredito-syphilitic patients to be neurotic, erratic, unbalanced, visionary, and consequently predisposed to suicide.

1914 Med. Rev. of Reviews 20 147/1 The number of adult heredito-syphilitics is small, since very few syphilitics beget living children.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heredito-
释义	heredito-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin hērēditas , -o- connective. Etymology: < classical Latin hērēditas heredity n. + -o- connective.Found in a small number of formations, exemplified below, from the second half of the 19th cent. Chiefly Medicine. 1. Forming adjectives chiefly relating to diseases or disorders with the sense ‘both hereditary and ——’.Recorded earliest in heredito-syphilitic adj. and n. (a) at sense 2. ΚΠ 1859 Med. Times & Gaz. 1 Jan. 11/1 (heading) The heredito-syphilitic nature of interstitial keratitis. 1895 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 19 Oct. 651/2 Two cases [of cataracts] occurred as a result of heredito-specific keratoiritis and were of the diffuse variety. 1902 Fort-Wayne (Indiana) Weekly Sentinel 19 Nov. 15/2 As a corollary of all these mental heredito-alcoholic manifestations, we find that infantile or juvenile criminality is more and more accentuated in the families of drinkers. 1939 Q. Rev. Biol. 14 229/1 The results..can only be interpreted as actual gene-coupling of the tendency to schizophrenia and the heredito-constitutional susceptibility to tuberculous infection. 1951 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Aug. 413/1 This [sc. Huntington's chorea] is a heredito-familial degeneration of the nervous system which manifests itself between the ages of 30 and 50. 1979 Science 7 Sept. 1048/3 (advt.) Requires special interest and training in heredito-degenerative diseases of the retina, especially diseases causing night blindness. 2. heredito-syphilitic adj. and n. Brit. /hᵻˌrɛdᵻtə(ʊ)sɪfᵻˈlɪtɪk/ , U.S. /həˌrɛdədoʊˌsɪf(ə)ˈlɪdɪk/ now disused (a) adj. of or relating to hereditary or congenital syphilis; affected with hereditary syphilis; (b) n. a person suffering from hereditary syphilis. ΚΠ 1859Heredito-syphilitic [see sense 1]. 1889 A. Post in J. M. Keating Cycl. Dis. Children II. ii. 217 There is in heredito-syphilitics a remarkable liability to a peculiar inflammation of the cornea. 1904 Internat. Clinics 14th Ser. 3 76 It is not unusual, as every one knows, for heredito-syphilitic patients to be neurotic, erratic, unbalanced, visionary, and consequently predisposed to suicide. 1914 Med. Rev. of Reviews 20 147/1 The number of adult heredito-syphilitics is small, since very few syphilitics beget living children. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1859
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